Patient Care Technician I - Inpatient, 4 West, 24 Hours, Evenings
for each heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate etc. Preserve all substantive info. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. The posting includes: Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $18.92 - $26.96 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week). Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Schedule Details: Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend Scheduled Hours: 3:00pm-11:30pm Shift: 2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 24 Cost Center: 10020 - 0201 Nurs 4Th Floor West Union: SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees) This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Thus we have Pay info: Hiring Range $18.92 - $26.96, note about final offer varying, prorated etc. Also mention possible signing bonus. So we can include Pay section with that info.
Schedule: Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend, Scheduled Hours: 3:00pm-11:30pm, Shift: 2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours, Hours: 24 (maybe weekly hours?), etc. So we can include Schedule section.
Benefits: Not explicitly listed besides possible signing bonus? There's no explicit benefits like health insurance etc. The posting mentions "signing bonus". That could be considered a benefit but it's more compensation. We might not create Benefits section unless there is explicit benefits. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." Benefits not stated besides signing bonus maybe considered a benefit but it's more compensation. Safer to not create Benefits section unless explicit benefits like health, retirement etc. So we omit Benefits.
We need About the role: The posting includes a paragraph "Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health..." plus description of role under "DO NOT POST AS NEW REQ Under the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Patient Care Technician I performs a variety of patient care activities." That's about the role. Also there is a description of Patient Care Technician II later but seems like duplicate? Actually the posting includes both PCT I and PCT II? The text seems to have two job descriptions: first for PCT I, then later for PCT II. The user likely wants to reformat the job posting (maybe for PCT I?). But the content includes both. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include responsibilities for both? Might be confusing. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we need to include everything. But we must avoid duplication? The posting includes duplicated lines (like responsibilities repeated for PCT I and PCT II). We should remove duplicated lines? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to deduplicate responsibilities that appear identical. The PCT I and PCT II responsibilities are largely similar but PCT II includes some extra like phlebotomy, precept new PCTs, etc. So we need to keep unique content.
Thus we need to extract sections:
- About the role: The paragraph about everyone is a caregiver, mission, etc. Also maybe the initial description "Under the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Patient Care Technician I performs a variety of patient care activities." That's role description.
- Responsibilities: List of duties (unique). We'll need to combine responsibilities from both PCT I and PCT II, removing duplicates.
- Requirements: Likely the qualifications section (license/certification/education, experience/skills). For PCT I and PCT II both have qualifications. We'll need to combine unique requirements.
- Skills: Could be separate if there is a skills list. The qualifications include skills like ability to read/write/communicate English, basic computer skills, basic medical terminology, etc. For PCT II includes medical terminology, computer skills, strong interpersonal skills, problem-solving abilities, etc. We could treat skills as part of qualifications or separate. The instruction says we can have sections for Skills if there is real specific content. We could create a Skills section listing skills.
- Pay: as described.
- Schedule: as described.
We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each heading has substantive content.
We'll produce HTML like:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
We need to ensure we don't include job title heading. Also we should not include "Exemption Status: Non-Exempt" maybe as part of Pay? Could include in Pay paragraph.
Now extract content.
First, About the role: The paragraph after "Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day."
Also maybe the line "Under the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Patient Care Technician I performs a variety of patient care activities. Receives workplace education and training to assist members of the healthcare team in the care of patients." That's role description. We'll include that in About the role.
Now Responsibilities: Need to compile unique duties from both PCT I and PCT II.
Let's list PCT I responsibilities (from first block):
- Provides clear, timely communication to the RN regarding observations and changes seen in patients. Examples, but not limited to changes in skin condition, vital signs, and/or mental status.
- Provides constant observation of high-risk patients as assigned by the Resource Nurse or designee.
- Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe environment.
- Works to utilize interventions to de-escalate patients and if unsuccessful participates in restraints in accordance with training and education as directed.
- Assists patient with daily living activities such as personal hygiene, ambulating, meals and nourishment.
- Assists in moving, lifting, positioning, and transporting patients by utilizing proper safety techniques and body mechanics in all work-related activities.
- Maintains patient safety by performing patient safety checks, utilizing fall prevention alternative devices/strategies as directed, and following the Restraint Policy standards when caring for a restrained patient.
- Takes and records vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and pulse oxymetry).
- Measures and records patients’ weights and heights.
- Performs EKG’s, Point of Care (POC) tests and bladder scanning.
- Collects, labels and prepares specimens for transport to lab.
- Performs other selected unit specific procedures, such as battery changes for telemetry units, checking status of unit equipment, cleaning equipment between patients and proper storage of supplies.
- Assists RN/Licensed Independent Practitioner with treatments and procedures by preparing patient, obtaining equipment and supplies, helping to position patient, providing the patient with emotional support, and cleaning up equipment and supplies following the treatment and/or procedure.
- Observes, measures, records oral food and fluid intake.
- Refills tube feeding bags as directed.
- Empties and records output, as approved, from a variety of sources, e.g., foley catheter, ostomy appliances and drainage systems.
- Performs ostomy care on established ostomate patients as directed.
- Demonstrates sensitivity and responsiveness to patients’ needs by acting as a source of information and approaches all interactions with the intention of building positive rapport and relationships.
- Provides respectful, culturally and age-appropriate communication with patients, staff, family, visitors and others.
- Replenishes patient and unit supplies and equipment as needed.
- Requests assistance from identified resources when more direction is needed.
- Keeps current with hospital and unit changes by reading communication boards and/or books, bulletin boards, posted notices and reads and responds to UMMHC e mails on a regular basis.
- Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities: Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
- Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
- Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
- Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.
- Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
- Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
Now PCT II responsibilities (second block) - many are same but with some additions:
- Provides clear, timely communication to the RN regarding observations and changes seen in patients. Examples, but not limited to changes in skin condition, vital signs, and/or mental status.
- Provides constant observation of high-risk patients as assigned by the Resource Nurse or designee.
- Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe environment.
- Works to utilize interventions to de-escalate patients and if unsuccessful participates in restraints in accordance with training and education as directed.
- Assists patient with daily living activities such as personal hygiene, ambulating, meals and nourishment.
- Assists in moving, lifting, positioning and transporting patients by utilizing proper safety techniques and body mechanics in all work-related activities.
- Maintains patient safety by performing patient safety checks, utilizing fall prevention alternative devices/strategies as directed, and following the Restraint Policy standards when caring for a restrained patient.
- Takes and records vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure and pulse oxymetry).
- Measures and records patients’ height and weight.
- Performs EKG’s, performs Point of Care (POC) tests and bladder scanning according to hospital standards.
- Collects, labels and prepares specimens for transport to lab.
- Phlebotomy in certain locations.
- Performs other selected unit specific procedures such as battery changes for telemetry units, checking status of unit equipment, cleaning equipment between patients and proper storage of supplies.
- Assists RN/Licensed Independent Practitioner with treatments and procedures by preparing patient; obtaining and setting up equipment and supplies, such as intravenous and hemodynamic lines, and utilize sterile technique when indicated.
- Help in positioning the patient and providing the patient with emotional support.
- Clean up equipment and supplies following the treatment and/or procedure.
- Observes, measures, records oral food and fluid intake.
- Sets up full strength tube feeding solutions and refills tube feeding bags as directed.
- Empties and records output, as approved, from a variety of sources, e.g., Foley catheter, ostomy appliances and drainage systems.
- Performs ostomy care on established ostomate patients as directed.
- Demonstrates sensitivity and responsiveness to patients’ needs by acting as a source of information and approaches all interactions with the intention of building positive rapport and relationships.
- Provides respect
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate etc. Preserve all substantive info. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. Avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. The posting includes: Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Hiring Range: $18.92 - $26.96 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week). Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Schedule Details: Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend Scheduled Hours: 3:00pm-11:30pm Shift: 2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America) Hours: 24 Cost Center: 10020 - 0201 Nurs 4Th Floor West Union: SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees) This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process. Thus we have Pay info: Hiring Range $18.92 - $26.96, note about final offer varying, prorated etc. Also mention possible signing bonus. So we can include Pay section with that info. Schedule: Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend, Scheduled Hours: 3:00pm-11:30pm, Shift: 2 - Evening Shift, 8 Hours, Hours: 24 (maybe weekly hours?), etc. So we can include Schedule section. Benefits: Not explicitly listed besides possible signing bonus? There's no explicit benefits like health insurance etc. The posting mentions "signing bonus". That could be considered a benefit but it's more compensation. We might not create Benefits section unless there is explicit benefits. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." Benefits not stated besides signing bonus maybe considered a benefit but it's more compensation. Safer to not create Benefits section unless explicit benefits like health, retirement etc. So we omit Benefits. We need About the role: The posting includes a paragraph "Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health..." plus description of role under "DO NOT POST AS NEW REQ Under the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Patient Care Technician I performs a variety of patient care activities." That's about the role. Also there is a description of Patient Care Technician II later but seems like duplicate? Actually the posting includes both PCT I and PCT II? The text seems to have two job descriptions: first for PCT I, then later for PCT II. The user likely wants to reformat the job posting (maybe for PCT I?). But the content includes both. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include responsibilities for both? Might be confusing. However the instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we need to include everything. But we must avoid duplication? The posting includes duplicated lines (like responsibilities repeated for PCT I and PCT II). We should remove duplicated lines? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to deduplicate responsibilities that appear identical. The PCT I and PCT II responsibilities are largely similar but PCT II includes some extra like phlebotomy, precept new PCTs, etc. So we need to keep unique content. Thus we need to extract sections: - About the role: The paragraph about everyone is a caregiver, mission, etc. Also maybe the initial description "Under the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Patient Care Technician I performs a variety of patient care activities." That's role description. - Responsibilities: List of duties (unique). We'll need to combine responsibilities from both PCT I and PCT II, removing duplicates. - Requirements: Likely the qualifications section (license/certification/education, experience/skills). For PCT I and PCT II both have qualifications. We'll need to combine unique requirements. - Skills: Could be separate if there is a skills list. The qualifications include skills like ability to read/write/communicate English, basic computer skills, basic medical terminology, etc. For PCT II includes medical terminology, computer skills, strong interpersonal skills, problem-solving abilities, etc. We could treat skills as part of qualifications or separate. The instruction says we can have sections for Skills if there is real specific content. We could create a Skills section listing skills. - Pay: as described. - Schedule: as described. We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each heading has substantive content. We'll produce HTML like:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
We need to ensure we don't include job title heading. Also we should not include "Exemption Status: Non-Exempt" maybe as part of Pay? Could include in Pay paragraph. Now extract content. First, About the role: The paragraph after "Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day." Also maybe the line "Under the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Patient Care Technician I performs a variety of patient care activities. Receives workplace education and training to assist members of the healthcare team in the care of patients." That's role description. We'll include that in About the role. Now Responsibilities: Need to compile unique duties from both PCT I and PCT II. Let's list PCT I responsibilities (from first block): - Provides clear, timely communication to the RN regarding observations and changes seen in patients. Examples, but not limited to changes in skin condition, vital signs, and/or mental status. - Provides constant observation of high-risk patients as assigned by the Resource Nurse or designee. - Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe environment. - Works to utilize interventions to de-escalate patients and if unsuccessful participates in restraints in accordance with training and education as directed. - Assists patient with daily living activities such as personal hygiene, ambulating, meals and nourishment. - Assists in moving, lifting, positioning, and transporting patients by utilizing proper safety techniques and body mechanics in all work-related activities. - Maintains patient safety by performing patient safety checks, utilizing fall prevention alternative devices/strategies as directed, and following the Restraint Policy standards when caring for a restrained patient. - Takes and records vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and pulse oxymetry). - Measures and records patients’ weights and heights. - Performs EKG’s, Point of Care (POC) tests and bladder scanning. - Collects, labels and prepares specimens for transport to lab. - Performs other selected unit specific procedures, such as battery changes for telemetry units, checking status of unit equipment, cleaning equipment between patients and proper storage of supplies. - Assists RN/Licensed Independent Practitioner with treatments and procedures by preparing patient, obtaining equipment and supplies, helping to position patient, providing the patient with emotional support, and cleaning up equipment and supplies following the treatment and/or procedure. - Observes, measures, records oral food and fluid intake. - Refills tube feeding bags as directed. - Empties and records output, as approved, from a variety of sources, e.g., foley catheter, ostomy appliances and drainage systems. - Performs ostomy care on established ostomate patients as directed. - Demonstrates sensitivity and responsiveness to patients’ needs by acting as a source of information and approaches all interactions with the intention of building positive rapport and relationships. - Provides respectful, culturally and age-appropriate communication with patients, staff, family, visitors and others. - Replenishes patient and unit supplies and equipment as needed. - Requests assistance from identified resources when more direction is needed. - Keeps current with hospital and unit changes by reading communication boards and/or books, bulletin boards, posted notices and reads and responds to UMMHC e mails on a regular basis. - Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities: Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives. - Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed. - Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations. - Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements. - Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors. - Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance. - Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed. Now PCT II responsibilities (second block) - many are same but with some additions: - Provides clear, timely communication to the RN regarding observations and changes seen in patients. Examples, but not limited to changes in skin condition, vital signs, and/or mental status. - Provides constant observation of high-risk patients as assigned by the Resource Nurse or designee. - Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe environment. - Works to utilize interventions to de-escalate patients and if unsuccessful participates in restraints in accordance with training and education as directed. - Assists patient with daily living activities such as personal hygiene, ambulating, meals and nourishment. - Assists in moving, lifting, positioning and transporting patients by utilizing proper safety techniques and body mechanics in all work-related activities. - Maintains patient safety by performing patient safety checks, utilizing fall prevention alternative devices/strategies as directed, and following the Restraint Policy standards when caring for a restrained patient. - Takes and records vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure and pulse oxymetry). - Measures and records patients’ height and weight. - Performs EKG’s, performs Point of Care (POC) tests and bladder scanning according to hospital standards. - Collects, labels and prepares specimens for transport to lab. - Phlebotomy in certain locations. - Performs other selected unit specific procedures such as battery changes for telemetry units, checking status of unit equipment, cleaning equipment between patients and proper storage of supplies. - Assists RN/Licensed Independent Practitioner with treatments and procedures by preparing patient; obtaining and setting up equipment and supplies, such as intravenous and hemodynamic lines, and utilize sterile technique when indicated. - Help in positioning the patient and providing the patient with emotional support. - Clean up equipment and supplies following the treatment and/or procedure. - Observes, measures, records oral food and fluid intake. - Sets up full strength tube feeding solutions and refills tube feeding bags as directed. - Empties and records output, as approved, from a variety of sources, e.g., Foley catheter, ostomy appliances and drainage systems. - Performs ostomy care on established ostomate patients as directed. - Demonstrates sensitivity and responsiveness to patients’ needs by acting as a source of information and approaches all interactions with the intention of building positive rapport and relationships. - Provides respect