PATIENT CARE TECH - OBSERVATION UNIT
Premier Health Partners · Middletown, OH · 1 wk ago
OTHRFull-time
About the role
A Patient Care Technician, or PCT, works with nurses and doctors to care for patients.
Responsibilities
- Check things like temperature, heartbeat, and breathing
- Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat
- Collect samples like urine
- Report any changes in a patient's condition to a nurse
- Help with patient walks, hygiene, weighing patients, vitals
- Assist with paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly (when serving as PCT/HUC)
Qualifications
The PCT works under the supervision of a nurse, who ensures they are performing tasks safely and correctly.
- High school diploma or GED
- BLS CPR certificate (can be obtained during orientation if not already held)
- No previous job experience required, but you must have one of the following:
- Completed STNA, CNA, or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training
- Helped care for patients in the past 5 years (e.g., taking temperature, bathing, helping with restroom use)
- Currently in nursing school and completed one clinical rotation
Skills
- Handle doing many things simultaneously, even when interrupted, while remaining courteous
- Computer proficiency
- Strong organizational skills
- Good verbal and written communication and listening skills
- Bonus: Previous hospital experience