Patient Care Tech; PCT​/4MW Med Surge Unit

Overview

Department: 4MW Med Surge Unit

Facility:
Miami Valley Hospital

Shift: 7:00 pm – 7:30 am Part Time 24 hours a week, 48 hours per pay period

Position:
Patient Care Tech

• Check vital signs, such as temperature, heartbeat, and breathing.
• Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat.
• Collect samples like urine.
• Report any changes in a patient's condition to a nurse.
• Walks, ADLs, Weighing Patients;
  Vitals

Education: You ll need a high school diploma or GED.

Training: Before you start, you ll need to get a BLS CPR certificate
. They can teach you how to do CPR at your orientation, too, so you don t need to do it beforehand.

• Completion of previous STNA or CNA training or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training.
• Direct patient care experience within the last five years:
  Performing fundamental skills of vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) & direct patient care activities, i.e., Bathing, turning/positioning, toileting
• Currently enrolled in nursing school and have completed at least one clinical rotation.
• Special Consideration:
  If the candidate has previous direct patient care experience, they may be excused from fundamental training (BCOP) upon completion of successful skills validation. This is instead of the above requirements.

• You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice.
• You know how to use a computer.
• You re good at organizing things.
• You can talk and listen well to others.
• Bonus points:
  
  You ve worked in a hospital before.