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6 West at UPMC East is hiring a full-time Patient Care Technician! This is a full-time position that requires rotating weekend and holiday shifts.

Patient Care:

+ Assist with patient procedures and activities of daily living.

+ Provide physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies.

+ Provide feedback to the RN regarding patient care and report changes in patient status.

+ Perform UPMC nursing core nursing assistant responsibilities (blood glucose, weights, vital signs, I&O, specimen collections, and Foley care).

+ Perform at least four of the following BU identified tasks: phlebotomy, 12 lead EKG, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, point of care testing, bladder scan, straight catheter, or IV catheter removal.

Equipment and Communication:

+ Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department.

+ Establish appropriate and effective communication with other departments.

+ Establish professional and respectful interpersonal relationships.

+ Contribute to universal unit activities, including responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients.

Feedback and Development:

+ Constructively receive feedback and direction.

+ Identify and communicate learning needs to the unit director.

+ Take action to improve knowledge, skills, and performance.

+ Request assistance in planning and prioritizing activities as needed.

+ Participate in self-review as requested by the unit director.

Patient and Family Instruction:

+ Provide instruction to patients and their families under the direction of the RN.

+ Apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints as per physician or hospital protocol.

Communication and Safety:

+ Communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team.

+ Demonstrate understanding of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions.

+ Support safety in the workplace for patients and self.

+ Develop and maintain productive working relationships internally and externally by demonstrating accountability for actions, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.

Policy Adherence:

+ Strictly adhere to all policies and procedures relative to patient care and hospital-related information.

+ Comply with safety policies and procedures, including standard precautions.

Departmental Support:

+ Suggest and support changes within the department.

+ Assume responsibility for assignments and view problems as challenges.

+ Demonstrate awareness of behavior on the efficient functioning of the department.

+ Support department-based projects and quality initiatives.

Documentation and Clerical Functions:

+ Document in the medical record according to established procedures.

+ Perform assigned work in a timely and productive manner.

+ Complete department clerical functions as needed.

Competency and Advanced Skills:

+ Achieve and maintain competency in required standard competencies.

+ Perform at least one or more of the following advanced skills based on department operational need: phlebotomy/venipuncture, peripheral IV removal, indwelling Foley catheter removal, basic arrhythmia, 12-lead EKG, and NG tubes clamping and removal.

Other Duties:

+ Perform other duties as assigned.

+ High school diploma or equivalent.

+ Must also have either

+ 1 Year of general healthcare experience, OR

+ 6 months of experience as UPMC Nursing Assistant/CNA with PCT competency achieved within 120 days of hire/transfer/promotion, OR

+ enrollment in PT/OT/PA program or related healthcare training program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, OR

+ completion of a bachelors degree in a health sciences field.

+ Successful completion of UPMC patient care technician class

+ Successful completion of basic information system training.

+ Microcomputer experience preferred.

+ Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

+ Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic or currently enrolled in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred.

+ Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire ACLS preferred

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran