Patient Care Technician- Medical Surgical Telemetry - Days

Responsibilities

• Patient & Visitor Interactions / Customer Service / Hourly Rounding: Answering patient call lights, answering phones, assisting visitors, performing purposeful hourly rounding.
• Patient Safe Handling / Ambulation / Repositioning: Learning patient safe handling skills, assisting in ambulation, transferring, lifting, and repositioning patients using Safe Patient Handling equipment.
• Basic Nursing Care / ADLs: Assisting patients with personal care needs including bathing, grooming, oral care, eating, feeding, using bedpan or urinal, positioning, answering and responding to patient call lights, bed making, etc., under the supervision of a RN/LPN.
• Patient Safe Handling / Ambulation / Repositioning: Following policies and procedures related to patient and staff safety.
• Admission / Discharge / Transfers: Assisting with room setup, welcoming new patients, room orientation, discharging and/or transferring patients, providing patient/family orientation to room and hospital.
• Procedures and Treatments: Accurately completing and documenting patient care activities, explaining and performing procedures, notifying appropriate personnel of responses and questions, collecting non-sterile specimens, performing point of care patient blood sugar testing, promoting and maintaining skin integrity.
• Care Companion / Sitter / Observer: Remaining with a patient as a means to keep the patient safe.
• Department Specific Tasks: Supporting 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, etc.

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.
• Experience Details: 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.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Plan: Potential to earn a certain percentage amount of your base salary based on organizational performance.
• Premium pay: 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.
• Roth IRA.
• Retirement Options with Company Match.
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay.
• Community Involvement Opportunities.