Patient Care Technician - Med/Surg - PT Days with Benefits

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
• Promote patient satisfaction, comfort and safety
• Avoids delays in patient care by taking self-directed or self-motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job
• Communicate with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status and rendered care
• Assists with a variety of patient, unit and environment-related tasks
• 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