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UPMC Hamot is hiring a full-time Patient Care Technician to join our 4 South Trauma 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!

Previous patient care experience required.

_Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience._

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 nurseLicensure, 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.

+ Act 34

+ ACLS preferred

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran