Patient Care Technician - Radiology (Per Diem)
Jefferson Health · Philadelphia, PA · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if content present. Use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- About the role: maybe first paragraph describing commitment to patient and family centered care, PCT provides designated direct and indirect patient care activities under direction, may collaborate with telehealth etc. That's about role.
- Responsibilities: list of job duties: bullet points.
- Requirements: maybe minimum qualifications? Or "Minimum Qualifications". Could be Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe Additional Qualifications? Or "Additional Qualifications" includes LVHN course.
- Skills: maybe knowledge/abilities listed under Minimum Qualifications (knowledge of medical terminology, ability to complete delegated tasks, etc). Could be Skills.
- Benefits: there is a Benefits paragraph describing comprehensive package.
- Pay: not mentioned. So omit Pay section.
- Schedule: mentions Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America). That's schedule info: Workday Day. Could include schedule.
We need to ensure we only include sections with real content.
Let's extract content.
About the role: "With a commitment to patient and family centered care, the Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides designated direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction and supervision of the licensed clinical team members in ways that value the uniqueness of each individual and addresses the physiological, emotional, and social needs of the diversity of patients served by Jefferson Health. May collaborate with all clinical departments (a/k/a/telehealth) and designated staff at the patient's site for the purpose of facilitating and assisting with telehealth encounters between patients and providers."
That's good.
Responsibilities: list of duties from "Job Duties" bullet list.
Let's extract each duty:
- Communicates with and supports the interprofessional team, patient, family and designated care partners.
- Performs validated and designated direct and indirect patient care activities to meet patient care needs under direction of licensed clinical team members.
- Actively promotes and maintains a safe patient care environment.
- Provides assistance in maintaining supplies and equipment available to ensure efficient unit operations.
- Conducts patient rounds as assigned, anticipates patient needs, and answers/responds to patient call light or pages promptly.
- May be assigned the role of a virtual safety associate as needed based on campus needs.
- May be required, to facilitate, under the direction of the distant provider, a clinical exam including the utilization of any required peripheral devices (e.g. electronic stethescope), other technology (e.g. video conferencing equipment) and software (e.g. Epic, Vidyo, etc) ensuring a comprehensive virtual care encounter is conducted.
That's responsibilities.
Requirements: Minimum Qualifications list.
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- 1 year of previous nursing assistant or healthcare experience preferred.
- Knowledge of medical terminology, patient care needs and their role in interprofessional team.
- Ability to complete delegated tasks within scope of role.
- Knowledge of personal care and hygiene necessary for quality of life, and ability to apply this knowledge to patients in need on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
- Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care.
- Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
- Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Uses the language of partnership with patients and families, engaging them in their health and health care.
- BLS - Basic Life Support AHA - American Heart Association Upon Hire
That's many items; could be considered qualifications/skills. But we need separate sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide distribution.
Maybe Requirements = Minimum Qualifications (hard requirements). Qualifications = Additional Qualifications (LVHN course). Skills = knowledge/abilities (like communication, medical terminology, etc). But the Minimum Qualifications includes both hard and knowledge. Could split: Requirements: High School Diploma/GED required; 1 year experience preferred; BLS certification upon hire. Qualifications: Additional Qualifications (LVHN's inexperienced technical partner course). Skills: the list of knowledge/abilities (medical terminology, personal care, risk, respect, diverse backgrounds, communication, etc). That seems logical.
Let's extract:
Requirements:
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- 1 year of previous nursing assistant or healthcare experience preferred.
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA) upon hire.
Qualifications:
- LVHN colleagues must successfully complete LVHN's inexperienced technical partner course.
Skills:
- Knowledge of medical terminology, patient care needs and their role in interprofessional team.
- Ability to complete delegated tasks within scope of role.
- Knowledge of personal care and hygiene necessary for quality of life, and ability to apply this knowledge to patients in need on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
- Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care.
- Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
- Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Uses the language of partnership with patients and families, engaging them in their health and health care.
We could also include "Physical Demands" maybe as a separate section? Not in headings list. Could be part of Requirements? But not listed. Probably we ignore or incorporate into Requirements? The instruction says use headings only from list; we can't add new headings. So we may include physical demands within Requirements or maybe as part of Responsibilities? Probably better to include under Requirements as additional bullet.
But we must not invent sections. We can include physical demands as part of Requirements (makes sense). However we need to preserve all substantive info. So we should include physical demands somewhere. Could add as a bullet under Requirements.
Let's list physical demands:
- Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight.
- Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift.
- Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
We'll add to Requirements.
Now Benefits: paragraph describing benefits.
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if content present.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Schedule (maybe). Schedule: "Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America)". That's schedule info. We'll include Schedule section with that sentence.
Pay: not present, omit.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- About the role: maybe first paragraph describing commitment to patient and family centered care, PCT provides designated direct and indirect patient care activities under direction, may collaborate with telehealth etc. That's about role.
- Responsibilities: list of job duties: bullet points.
- Requirements: maybe minimum qualifications? Or "Minimum Qualifications". Could be Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe Additional Qualifications? Or "Additional Qualifications" includes LVHN course.
- Skills: maybe knowledge/abilities listed under Minimum Qualifications (knowledge of medical terminology, ability to complete delegated tasks, etc). Could be Skills.
- Benefits: there is a Benefits paragraph describing comprehensive package.
- Pay: not mentioned. So omit Pay section.
- Schedule: mentions Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America). That's schedule info: Workday Day. Could include schedule.
We need to ensure we only include sections with real content.
Let's extract content.
About the role: "With a commitment to patient and family centered care, the Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides designated direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction and supervision of the licensed clinical team members in ways that value the uniqueness of each individual and addresses the physiological, emotional, and social needs of the diversity of patients served by Jefferson Health. May collaborate with all clinical departments (a/k/a/telehealth) and designated staff at the patient's site for the purpose of facilitating and assisting with telehealth encounters between patients and providers."
That's good.
Responsibilities: list of duties from "Job Duties" bullet list.
Let's extract each duty:
- Communicates with and supports the interprofessional team, patient, family and designated care partners.
- Performs validated and designated direct and indirect patient care activities to meet patient care needs under direction of licensed clinical team members.
- Actively promotes and maintains a safe patient care environment.
- Provides assistance in maintaining supplies and equipment available to ensure efficient unit operations.
- Conducts patient rounds as assigned, anticipates patient needs, and answers/responds to patient call light or pages promptly.
- May be assigned the role of a virtual safety associate as needed based on campus needs.
- May be required, to facilitate, under the direction of the distant provider, a clinical exam including the utilization of any required peripheral devices (e.g. electronic stethescope), other technology (e.g. video conferencing equipment) and software (e.g. Epic, Vidyo, etc) ensuring a comprehensive virtual care encounter is conducted.
That's responsibilities.
Requirements: Minimum Qualifications list.
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- 1 year of previous nursing assistant or healthcare experience preferred.
- Knowledge of medical terminology, patient care needs and their role in interprofessional team.
- Ability to complete delegated tasks within scope of role.
- Knowledge of personal care and hygiene necessary for quality of life, and ability to apply this knowledge to patients in need on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
- Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care.
- Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
- Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Uses the language of partnership with patients and families, engaging them in their health and health care.
- BLS - Basic Life Support AHA - American Heart Association Upon Hire
That's many items; could be considered qualifications/skills. But we need separate sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide distribution.
Maybe Requirements = Minimum Qualifications (hard requirements). Qualifications = Additional Qualifications (LVHN course). Skills = knowledge/abilities (like communication, medical terminology, etc). But the Minimum Qualifications includes both hard and knowledge. Could split: Requirements: High School Diploma/GED required; 1 year experience preferred; BLS certification upon hire. Qualifications: Additional Qualifications (LVHN's inexperienced technical partner course). Skills: the list of knowledge/abilities (medical terminology, personal care, risk, respect, diverse backgrounds, communication, etc). That seems logical.
Let's extract:
Requirements:
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- 1 year of previous nursing assistant or healthcare experience preferred.
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA) upon hire.
Qualifications:
- LVHN colleagues must successfully complete LVHN's inexperienced technical partner course.
Skills:
- Knowledge of medical terminology, patient care needs and their role in interprofessional team.
- Ability to complete delegated tasks within scope of role.
- Knowledge of personal care and hygiene necessary for quality of life, and ability to apply this knowledge to patients in need on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
- Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care.
- Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
- Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Uses the language of partnership with patients and families, engaging them in their health and health care.
We could also include "Physical Demands" maybe as a separate section? Not in headings list. Could be part of Requirements? But not listed. Probably we ignore or incorporate into Requirements? The instruction says use headings only from list; we can't add new headings. So we may include physical demands within Requirements or maybe as part of Responsibilities? Probably better to include under Requirements as additional bullet.
But we must not invent sections. We can include physical demands as part of Requirements (makes sense). However we need to preserve all substantive info. So we should include physical demands somewhere. Could add as a bullet under Requirements.
Let's list physical demands:
- Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight.
- Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift.
- Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
We'll add to Requirements.
Now Benefits: paragraph describing benefits.
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if content present.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Schedule (maybe). Schedule: "Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America)". That's schedule info. We'll include Schedule section with that sentence.
Pay: not present, omit.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
With a commitment to patient and family centered care, the Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides designated direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction and supervision of the licensed clinical team members in ways that value the uniqueness of each individual and addresses the physiological, emotional, and social needs of the diversity of patients served by Jefferson Health. May collaborate with all clinical departments (a/k/a/telehealth) and designated staff at the patient's site for the purpose of facilitating and assisting with telehealth encounters between patients and providers.
Responsibilities
- Communicates with and supports the interprofessional team, patient, family and designated care partners.
- Performs validated and designated direct and indirect patient care activities to meet patient care needs under direction of licensed clinical team members.
- Actively promotes and maintains a safe patient care environment.
- Provides assistance in maintaining supplies and equipment available to ensure efficient unit operations.
- Conducts patient rounds as assigned, anticipates patient needs, and answers/responds to patient call light or pages promptly.
- May be assigned the role of a virtual safety associate as needed based on campus needs.
- May be required, to facilitate, under the direction of the distant provider, a clinical exam including the utilization of any required peripheral devices (e.g. electronic stethescope), other technology (e.g. video conferencing equipment) and software (e.g. Epic, Vidyo, etc) ensuring a comprehensive virtual care encounter is conducted.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- 1 year of previous nursing assistant or healthcare experience preferred.
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA) upon hire.
- Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight.
- Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift.
- May be required to perform activities including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Qualifications
- LVHN colleagues must successfully complete LVHN's inexperienced technical partner course.
Skills
- Knowledge of medical terminology, patient care needs and their role in interprofessional team.
- Ability to complete delegated tasks within scope of role.
- Knowledge of personal care and hygiene necessary for quality of life, and ability to apply this knowledge to patients in need on a daily basis.
- Knowledge of the risks faced by patients in a healthcare environment, and the ability to take steps to reduce these risks.
- Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with each patient, family and/or designated care partner in care.
- Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
- Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Uses the language of partnership with patients and families, engaging them in their health and health care.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance. For more benefits information, please click here
Schedule
Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America)
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