Patient Care Technician, Full-Time (8 South)

• UPMC Hamot is hiring a Patient Care Technician to join our 8 South Neurology unit!
• If you're passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!
• This position is full-time, rotating days and overnights.
• _Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience.

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Responsibilities:

+ Assist with patient procedures and ADLs, support physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies, provide feedback to RN and report changes in patient status. + Perform core nursing assistant tasks: blood glucose monitoring, weights, vital signs, I&O, specimen collections, Foley care, plus at least four additional tasks (phlebotomy, 12-lead EKG, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, point of care testing, bladder scan, straight catheter, IV catheter removal). + Report equipment malfunctions, communicate effectively with other departments, maintain professional and respectful relationships. + Respond to call lights and telephones, pass meal trays, transport patients. + Receive and act on feedback, identify and communicate learning needs, participate in self-review. + Provide instruction to patients and families under RN direction, apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints as per protocol. + Communicate clearly with healthcare team, understand cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in health professions, support workplace safety. + Follow all patient care and hospital policies, comply with safety policies and standard precautions. + Suggest and support departmental changes, assume responsibility for assignments, support department projects and quality initiatives. + Document in medical records as per procedures, perform clerical functions as needed. + Achieve and maintain competency in advanced skills based on department need (phlebotomy/venipuncture, peripheral IV removal, indwelling Foley catheter removal, basic arrhythmia, 12-lead EKG, NG tubes clamping and removal). + High school diploma or equivalent + Must have one of the following: + 1 year of general healthcare experience + 6 months as UPMC Nursing Assistant/CNA with PCT competency within 120 days of hire/transfer/promotion + Enrollment in

PT/OT/PA

program or related healthcare training with at least one clinical rotation completed + Bachelor's degree in a health sciences field + Successful completion of UPMC patient care technician class Successful completion of basic information system training + Microcomputer experience preferred Effective oral and written communication skills + EMT or Paramedic certification or enrollment in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred + Limited access to medications, only for distribution to the nurse

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. + ACLS preferred UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran