Patient Care Tech / PCT Intermediate Care
UT Health East Texas · Athens, TX · 1 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
About the role
Join our team as a night shift, full-time, Intermediate Care Patient Care Technician (PCT) in Athens, TX.
Benefits
- Career growth opportunities and tuition assistance
- Paid time off
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Resources supporting wellness, education, and financial well‑being
- Supportive, inclusive culture
- Advanced technology to enhance patient care
Responsibilities
- Work under limited supervision of nursing and medical staff with full proficiency to perform duties.
- Assist patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, and other ADLs.
- Observe patients’ progress and prepare/disseminate reports to Registered Nurse or other medical staff.
- Obtain and record patients' vital signs and collect specimens for lab tests.
- Provide basic patient transport and housekeeping duties.
- Measure and record patients' intake and output and other measurements in accordance with unit routines.
- Assist patients with range of motion and draw blood.
- Assist in providing treatments to patients, perform technical procedures such as feeding tube and catheter administration, suture/staple removal, splinting of extremities, and perform ECGs as ordered.
- Coordinate daily activities for assigned unit, including general clerical and administrative support.
- Participate in performance improvement activities to enhance and maintain personal and department qualifications and standards of performance.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of approved CNA or PCT certification required, or may be in senior year of nursing school with less than one semester to complete the nursing program.
- For Emergency Room departments – completion of an approved EMT Basic certification may be substituted for CNA/PCT certification.
- Paramedic license may fulfill all certification requirements.
- Must maintain active certification within the State of Texas.
- Competent to perform in at least two general areas of practice (cross‑trained and cross‑competent to cover more than one hospital service, role, or function).
- BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5 years' experience in acute or long‑term care.
- Demonstrated proficiency in phlebotomy.
Schedule
Night shift, full‑time.