PAT Patient Care Tech

About the role

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Trophy Club is dedicated to providing top-tier clinical care and an outstanding patient experience within the local community. The facility offers diverse specializations ranging from Bariatrics to Urology, is a Bariatric Center of Excellence, Total Joint Accredited, and features six advanced operating rooms, a 24-hour emergency department, and extensive onsite diagnostic imaging. As a partnership between Baylor Scott & White and USPI, the center fosters a culture of innovation, learning, and collective growth, with an unwavering commitment to quality, specialized treatment delivered with compassion.

The Patient Care Tech will report primarily to PSU (Pre-Surgical Unit) but will be available for cross-training anywhere inside the medical center and may be assigned to other departments upon approval of the PSU director.

Responsibilities

Clinical duties

• Assist in all phases of routine patient care
• Obtain and document vital signs
• Collect lab specimens
• Ambulating patients
• Respond to patient requests
• Pass dietary trays
• Accompany patients as necessary

The PCT will not perform any duties requiring licensure and/or certification beyond the scope of a patient care technician.

Non-clinical duties

• Perform secretarial/administrative duties at the PSU nursing desk
• Answer telephones and call lights
• Build charts on new admission patients
• Break down charts on discharged patients
• Enter charges into the EHR
• Organize and perform first audit of medical records prior to turning charts into Medical Records

Qualifications

Education

• High school graduate or equivalent

Licensure/Certification

• BLS, ACLS, PALS certification (required within 3 months of hire)

Required Experience

• Prefer one (1) year minimum in any of the following areas: hospital, high volume clinic, private physician's office, or nursing home

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States, committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner. USPI is committed to and proud of our inclusive culture — respectful of differences, nurturing and supporting the contributions of each individual, while embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce combined with an inclusive culture makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.