Patient Care Technician - Emergency Room

Job Title:

Patient Care Technician - Emergency Room - F/T with Benefits Day

Location:

PALISADES MEDICAL CENTER, North Bergen, New Jersey

Requisition #
• Shift: Day
• Status:
Full Time with Benefits

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• 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 guest/patients 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 our 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 the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care appropriate to age of patients on the unit.
• Obtains clinical data (temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, O2 saturation) and documents findings in patient record; notifies RN immediately of abnormal results.
• Draws intravenous or capillary blood using proper aseptic collection techniques and ensures proper labeling and processing of specimens.
• Performs venipuncture for laboratory tests.
• Follows through with collecting, labeling, and transporting specimens to the proper area, ensuring correct labeling with patient name and room number.
• Performs EKG as directed.
• Ensures presence, functionality and cleanliness of equipment; checks and maintains code cart, O2, and other emergency equipment as directed.
• Applies bandages, slings, compression boots and hypothermia blankets as directed by RN.
• Assists in patient transport to departments or units upon request.
• Assists with preparation as necessary, ensuring the patient is assisted with meals as needed.
• Checks inventory of assigned area and restocks as directed.
• Prepares the room environment for admission and provides direct hygiene and comfort care (bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, bed making).
• Assists with dressing/undressing and manages patient belongings with property checklist; returns clothing to family as applicable.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.
• Provides post-mortem care as required.
• Obtains and documents patient weights and tracks intake and output.
• Maintains a safe patient environment by responding to call lights promptly and communicating with RN for any change in condition.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and delivers care that is appropriate to age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired needs; communicates with patient/family at their level.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Completion of one of the following:
  • Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician program, or
  • Fundamentals of Nursing program from an accredited school of nursing, or
  • HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program, or
  • Equivalent medical background experience (e.g., EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant)
• Note:
  
  Candidates who have not completed one of the programs but meet other requirements may be considered for the HMH PCT Apprentice Program with potential transfer to the PCT role upon successful completion.
• Ability to learn quickly, strong accountability, teamwork, ongoing education, and commitment to high-quality patient care.
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within 60 days of hire.
• Phlebotomy and EKG/vital signs experience or certification preferred.
• At least 1 year PCT or CNA hospital experience strongly preferred or eligibility for HMH PCT apprentice program.

Minimum rate of $19.85 Hourly. The posted rate is a good faith estimate of the minimum base pay and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package.

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