Patient Care Tech I

About the role

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital seeks a Patient Care Tech I for their Orthopedics department responsible for rendering direct and indirect patient care under direction of appropriate licensed personnel. Facilitates care to meet patient's daily living activity needs by providing physical and clerical support, coordinating activities, and communicating effectively. Provides personal self-care and activity programs to patients.

Responsibilities

• Render direct and indirect patient care under direction of appropriate licensed personnel.
• Facilitate care to meet patient's daily living activity needs by providing physical and clerical support, coordinating activities, and communicating effectively.
• Provide personal self-care and activity programs to patients.

Qualifications

• Education: Preferred: Training as a nursing assistant.
• Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: Minimum: American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Technical Requirements: Minimum: Ability to use computer charting (electronic medical record).
• Preferred: For GVCH departments: Current CAN certificate preferred.
• Years of Related Work Experience: Preferred: 0 to 2 yrs experience in acute care setting.

Benefits

Pay for non-physician positions is determined based on related years of experience and internal equity. Eligible employees may also receive additional forms of compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, incentive pay, and bonus opportunities, where applicable.

Pay

Pay for non-physician positions is determined based on related years of experience and internal equity.

Schedule

Hours of work are determined based on departmental needs and may vary.

Skills

Ability to use computer charting (electronic medical record), ability to provide personal self-care and activity programs to patients, ability to coordinate activities, and ability to communicate effectively.

Benefits

Includes benefits such as shift differentials, on-call pay, incentive pay, and bonus opportunities, where applicable.

Manager and above positions may participate in Cottage Health’s annual management incentive program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee.

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