Patient Care Technician - Float Pool - Per Diem Days

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in assigned service.
• Promotes patient satisfaction, comfort and safety.
• Aids in the delivery of care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients.
• Communicates with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status and rendered care.
• Takes 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.
• Participates in patient safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• 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, or HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program.
• Or 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.