Patient Care Technician - Emergency Room - Per Diem Day

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in assigned service
• Ensure effective and safe guest/patient outcomes through practice, judgment, and critical actions
• Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues, and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status and rendered care
• Take self-directed or self-motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job, acting before being required to by events, improving job performance, and/or creating new opportunities
• Participate in interdisciplinary collaboration of the patient's plan of care from admission to discharge to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care
• Participate in Unit/Department Performance Improvement [PI] activities

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Completion of one of the following: Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, or Patient Care Technician program, or Fundamentals of Nursing program from an accredited school of nursing
• HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program
• Equivalent medical background experience, such as EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education, and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care and service based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification within 60 days of hire
• Experience or certification in phlebotomy and checking EKG, vital signs, and blood sugar preferred
• One (1) year PCT or CNA experience in a hospital setting strongly preferred or eligible for the HMH PCT apprentice program
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, or Patient Care Technician who has successfully completed a PCT program which includes Phlebotomy, EKG, and nursing assistant course both in the theoretical and clinical setting