Patient Care Technician; PCT

Join us as a Patient Care Technician (PCT) at Well Now Urgent Care
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Well Now Urgent Care takes pride in creating an environment filled with meaningful work and opportunities by investing in our colleagues. We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including numerous continuing education options.

With over 170+ locations across New York, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania, you can enjoy the possibility to transfer facilities within the markets we serve.

• Starting at $21.00 per hour

• Competitive salary
• Parental leave
• Continuing education opportunities
• Medical benefits, including vision coverage, FSA/HSA options, and prescription drug coverage
• 401(k) plan with a company match for your future financial security
• Free urgent care visits for you and your immediate family members
• Scrubs provided to ensure a professional and comfortable work environment
• Opportunities for promotional growth as we continue to expand our presence
• Monthly bonus based on your performance and productivity

• Responsible for taking patient history and obtaining vital signs
• Perform basic testing or screenings such as vision, audio, urine drug screens, breath alcohol, EKGs, pulmonary function testing
• Perform necessary phlebotomy for collection of laboratory samples, if certified
• Accurately complete corresponding paperwork/computer work for lab tests ordered on blood, urine, tissue and culture samples
• Perform point of care testing such as strep, mono, glucose, influenza, urine pregnancy, urinalysis, blood glucose levels
• Ensure sterile technique, instrument cleaning and sterilization, proper use of the autoclave
• Schedule and coordinate necessary records for ancillary care for patients
• Assist providers with exams and testing (pelvic exams, eye irrigations and ear irrigations, I & D’s and splinting/ortho-glass preparation)
• Maintain confidentiality with all patient information (HIPAA)
• Ensures equipment is in working order
• Logs laboratory procedures when completed, processes related paperwork using computer equipment as directed
• Maintains examination rooms and stocks necessary medical supplies
• Performs duties to ensure good patient flow
• Registration duties: explain to patients what insurances that are accepted and those that are out of network as well as knowledge of all pricing—properly collect and record payments, complete registration screen in a timely manner
• Accompany the provider to the bedside
• Accurately and thoroughly documents the patient’s medical history, physical exam, and procedures
• Completes transcription as requested
• Perform tasks to improve provider efficiency during the course of a shift
• Greet and registers patients
• Answers and appropriately triages phone calls
• Takes payments for visits
• Printing, scanning, and faxing reports
• Other front desk and cleaning responsibilities as assigned
• Document the provider dictated patient history including history of present illness, review of systems, past medical and surgical history, family and social histories, medications and allergies
• Document physical examination findings and procedures as performed by the provider
• Scribes the results of laboratory and radiographic studies as dictated by the provider
• Scribes the correct time of patient care related activities
• Committed to the specialty of Urgent Care, with a focus on serving our communities with quick, convenient and quality care with continued clinical and patient experience training

• 1+ years’ experience in a Patient Care Tech role or equivalent preferred
• Ability to identify equipment problems and correct or notify team leader
• Ability to apply written instructions and standardized work practices
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with staff, patients, and families
• Able to withstand physical & mental demands: standing, walking, stooping, and bending. Requires ability to move equipment and transfer patients
• Computer knowledge and skills, must be able to register patients on the computer in a timely manner
• Up-to-date on injections, and provide documentation, as per OSHA guidelines
• Ability to complete and maintain CPR certification
• Excellent listening and…