Patient Care Technician - Cardiac Post Procedural Medical Telemetry - Evening

Responsibilities

• Patient & Visitor Interactions / Customer Service / Hourly Rounding: Answer patient call lights, answer phones, assist visitors, perform purposeful hourly rounding.
• Patient Safe Handling / Ambulation / Repositioning: Learn patient safe handling skills, assist in ambulation, assist in transferring, lifting, and repositioning patients using Safe Patient Handling equipment.
• Basic Nursing Care / ADLs: Provide basic care including bathing, grooming, oral care, eating, feeding, using bedpan or urinal, answering and responding to patient call lights, bed making, under the supervision of a RN/LPN.
• Patient Safe Handling / Ambulation / Repositioning: Assist with room set up, patient discharge, and transfers, provide patient/family orientation, transport and escort patients.
• Procedures and Treatments: Complete and document patient care activities, explain and perform procedures, notify appropriate personnel, collect non-sterile specimens, perform point of care patient blood sugar testing, promote and maintain skin integrity.
• Care Companion / Sitter / Observer: Remain with a patient as a means to keep the patient safe.
• Department Specific Tasks: Support the nursing team by performing indirect patient care activities such as restocking equipment/linens, cleaning equipment, answering and relaying telephone calls, filing and maintaining records, retrieving and delivering supplies, specimens, instruments, test results.

Requirements

• Minimum Education Requirements: Completion of an accredited certified nursing assistant (CNA) training course preferred, completion of at least one nursing clinical rotation in medical or surgical nursing preferred.
• Minimum Licensure Requirements: Current BLS certification for the Healthcare Provider issued by either American Heart Association.
• Minimum Work Experience: No Experience Required.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Excellent interpersonal skills including teamwork, ability to prioritize, ability to receive and follow through on directions, demonstrates concern for and commitment to the welfare of our patient and families.

Qualifications

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills

Basic computer skills required.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Plan
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, holiday and more based on an employee’s job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Variety of Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retail Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities