Patient Care Technician (General Medicine)

Quick Facts

• Role: Patient Care Technician (General Medicine)
• Schedule: Part-time nights

Description

In this role, you support a Registered Nurse with direct and indirect patient care activities as a unit staff member under RN direction. You assist with admission workflows, patient monitoring and measurements, newborn and adult care tasks, specimen collection, emergency response, documentation, and maintaining a safe, clean unit environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with admission, transfer, and discharge
• Take and record temperature, pulse, respirations, weight/height, blood pressure (adult and/or neonate)
• Measure and record intake and output, including drain output
• Apply cardiac monitor/oximetry and obtain EKG
• Obtain capillary blood glucose; perform phlebotomy
• Perform newborn care tasks (e.g., normal newborn hearing screening, infant security protocol, glucose checks)
• Apply fetal monitor equipment; discontinue heplocks and Foley catheters; administer enemas
• Collect specimens (urine, stool, blood, sputum) and transport patients/equipment during urgent situations
• Respond to emergencies and initiate basic life support
• Provide morning care, bed baths, evening care, peri-care, and comfort/safety measures
• Set up oxygen and suction/respiratory equipment; apply dressings for Stage I and Stage II skin breakdown
• Prepare patient rooms for MD/RN assessment and assist with newborn nursery procedures as directed
• Indirect care: maintain a safe/clean environment, manage linens/equipment, inventory patient belongings, complete charges/documentation, order and stock supplies, and participate in QC/quality improvement

Requirements

• CNA Certification OR currently enrolled in a School of Nursing with successful completion of basic clinical rotations
• CPR recognition (AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers)
• Unit-based recognition for Capillary Blood Glucose Monitoring
• Minimum 90% correct on annual mandatory Health and Safety Training quizzes
• High school diploma
• Preferred: One year of college or nursing education or equivalent experience
• Preferred: Prior healthcare experience with strong patient and team communication

Benefits

• Wide range of benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being
• Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification
• Sign-on bonus eligibility applies only in limited situations (e.g., certain new graduate internal employees)