Patient Care Technician - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - Evenings

Overview

Patient Care Technician - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - Full Time Evenings (2pm to 10:30pm)

Hackensack University Med Cntr, Hackensack, New Jersey

Requisition #

Shift: Evening
• Status:
Full Time with Benefits

• Provide patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in assigned service.
• Provide for effective and safe patient outcomes through practice, judgment and critical actions; ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status and rendered care.
• Take self-directed or self-motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job, acting before being required to by events, improving job performance, and/or creating new opportunities.
• Participate in interdisciplinary collaboration of the patient’s plan of care from admission to discharge to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Participate in Unit/Department Performance Improvement (PI) activities.

• Welcomes patients and checks for proper identification bracelets.
• Prepares the patient for assessment/admission, physical examination and procedures.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill to provide care appropriate to age of patients on the unit.
• Obtains clinical data, takes vital signs, documents findings, and notifies RN of abnormal results.
• Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric patients using proper aseptic collection techniques; labels and processes specimens to expedite throughput.
• Performs venipuncture for laboratory tests.
• Following through with duties in collecting, labeling, and transporting specimens to the proper area on time.
• Performs EKG for patients as directed.
• Ensures presence, functionality and cleanliness of equipment; checks code cart, O2, and other emergency equipment as directed.
• Applies bandages, slings, compression boots and hypothermia blankets as directed by RN.
• Assists in transport of patients between departments.
• Assists with meal preparation and feeding as needed.
• Checks inventory and restocks as directed; ensures room is prepared for admission.
• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
• Assists patients with dressing/undressing and manages patient belongings with property checklist.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.
• Provides post mortem care as required.
• Obtains and documents patient weights and monitors intake and output.
• Maintains a safe patient environment by responding to call lights and communicating changes in condition to RN promptly.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and delivers care that is specific to those needs (age, culture, language, hearing/visual impairment, etc.).
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• High School diploma, GED, 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; or HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program; or equivalent medical background experience (e.g., EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant).
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing patient needs, strong accountability, teamwork, ongoing education, and dedication to delivering high-quality patient care.

• Experience or certification in phlebotomy and checking EKG, vital signs, and blood glucose.
• At least 1 year of PCT or CNA experience in a hospital setting or eligibility for the HMH PCT apprentice program.
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant or PCT who has completed a PCT program including Phlebotomy, EKG, and nursing assistant coursework.

• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification within 60 days of entering position.

Minimum rate of $21.40 hourly. HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted rate is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay at the time of posting and may not reflect the full value of our total rewards package.

Hackensack Meridian Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Hackensack Meridian Health is a mandatory influenza vaccination facility.