Patient Care Technician

About the role

The Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides a variety of indirect and direct care, including provision for patient's dependency needs such as nutrition, hygiene, safety, and physical and psychological comfort measures, to patients and significant others, under the supervision of licensed nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Assists the nursing staff in providing patient care in accordance with the PCT’s skills/training and the needs of the Department, and consistently assists the patient care team with maintaining a clean, well-organized, and safe patient care environment, under the supervision of the Registered Nurse (RN).
• Delivers high quality, patient-centered care by performing a variety of delegated basic patient care services related to common nursing functions and activities of daily living.
• Obtains and records initial and ongoing patient information throughout the shift, including admissions data, vital signs, height and weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, calorie counts, and other patient information within their competency.
• Aids in patient activities of daily living: meals, bathing, oral care, grooming and elimination.
• Changes bed linens as needed.
• Assists with patient mobility: positioning, repositioning, dangling, and ambulating patients including assisting with the use of walkers, crutches, canes and wheelchairs.
• Obtains the collection of specimens.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED Certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Red Cross or American Heart Association

Qualifications

• None specified

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail
• Physical stamina and ability to lift up to 50 pounds

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Retirement plan

Pay

$15.07 per hour

Schedule

Night shift: 7pm - 7am