Patient Care Tech ER: PRN

About the Role

Work a minimum of 24 hours per month, including at least 12 hours on a weekend shift. The position offers support to help you balance personal life with career growth. If you are interested in becoming a Registered Nurse (RN), Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing—located within our health system and in partnership with Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Firelands College—provides opportunities for career advancement.

Sandusky, voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America,” offers a desirable lifestyle along the shores of Lake Erie.

About Firelands Health

Firelands Health is the largest and most comprehensive healthcare resource in the Sandusky Bay region, serving Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron counties with a regional population of over 300,000 residents. As a locally managed and governed not-for-profit facility, we are committed to providing excellent healthcare, promoting community wellness, and improving lives. Our core values—Attitude, Commitment, and Enthusiasm—guide our work.

Responsibilities

• Assist with delivering patient care, including obtaining vital signs, feeding, toileting, hygiene care, finger-stick blood sugar readings, maintaining skin integrity, performing EKGs, and ambulating and transferring patients.
• Perform routine procedures such as surgical skin preps and enemas.
• Schedule diagnostic procedures, tests, and appointments, coordinating orders with physicians, charge nurses, caregivers, ancillary departments, and other facilities.
• Answer call lights promptly and notify appropriate personnel of patient needs.
• Demonstrate service excellence to assist the unit in meeting patient satisfaction goals.
• Recognize significant changes in patient condition and take appropriate action.
• Collect data, report information, and perform interventions to improve quality issues.
• Obtain patient information and data while maintaining confidentiality.
• Order and enter charges for procedures, supplies, and equipment as applicable.
• Report problems or concerns to the appropriate person or department and assist in resolution when possible.
• Perform vital signs, height, weight, and visual acuity in triage.
• Assist with sterile field setup for suturing and procedures.
• Perform other patient care activities as trained and directed by the RN.
• Maintain flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork with positive professional communication and guest relations.

Requirements

• Previous hospital experience preferred.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Current BLS certification required or must be obtained within 30 days of hire.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Health and wellness offerings.
• Monthly employee events.

Schedule

Minimum 24 hours per month, with at least 12 hours on a weekend shift.