PATIENT CARE TECH- Progressive Care Unit
MIDDLETOWN-Atrium Medical Center
Helps patients move around, get dressed, and eat. Premier Healthcare, LLC is long-term care.
- Pay
- Not posted
- Shift and hours
- 6:30AM to 7PM shifts Shift: 6:30AM-7PM/ 36 hours per week/ 72 hour per pay period36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Progressive Care Unit · Hospital Department: Progressive Care Unit
Do you qualify?
- Certification
- BLS CPR certificate you'll need to get a BLS CPR certificate
- Experience
- Helped care for patients in the past 5 years Helped care for patients in the past 5 years (like taking their temperature, bathing them, or helping them use the restroom)
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- High school diploma or GED Education: You'll need a high school diploma or GED.
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- STNA, CNA or PCT/PCA training completed Finished STNA, CNA, or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training.
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- One option: currently in nursing school and finished one clinical rotation Currently in nursing school and finished one clinical rotation.
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- Handles many tasks at once, including interruptions, and stays nice You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice.
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- Uses a computer You know how to use a computer.
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- Good at organizing things You're good at organizing things.
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- Talks and listens well to others You can talk and listen well to others.
Preferred
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- Hospital work experience Bonus points : You've worked in a hospital before.
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Patient mobility, dressing and feeding help Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat.
- Day to day
- Vital signs: temperature, heartbeat and breathing Check things like temperature, heartbeat, and breathing.
- Day to day
- Urine sample collection Collect samples like urine.
- Day to day
- Patient walks, hygiene and weights Help with patient walks, hygiene, weighing patients, vitals
- Day to day
- Unit clerk paperwork at times Sometimes, the PCT might also be called a Patient Care Technician/Unit Clerk assist with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly
- Hours stated
- 6:30AM-7PM/ 36 hours a week/ 72 hour per pay period
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Original listing
Posted on Premier Healthcare, LLC’s careers page.
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Position: Patient Care Tech Department: Progressive Care Unit Shift: 6:30AM-7PM/ 36 hours per week/ 72 hour per pay period Facility: Atrium Medical Center A Patient Care Technician, or PCT, works with nurses and doctors to care for patients. Some of the tasks they do are Check things like temperature, heartbeat, and breathing. Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat.
Collect samples like urine. Report any changes in a patient's condition to a nurse. Help with patient walks, hygiene, weighing patients, vitals The PCT works under the supervision of the nurse, which means the nurse makes sure they are doing things safely and correctly.
Sometimes, the PCT might also be called a Patient Care Technician/Unit Clerk assist with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, which also enables patients to receive the best care possible. assist with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, which also enables patients to receive the best care possible. As a HUC, they help with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, which also helps patients get the best care possible!, who assists with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, enabling PCT’s are essential members of the healthcare team who help patients feel better and get healthy again!
Education
You'll need a high school diploma or GED. Training: you'll need to get a BLS CPR certificate . If you don’t already have it, they can teach you how to do CPR at your orientation too (so you don't need to do it beforehand).
Experience
No previous job experience is required, but you should have one of the following: Finished STNA, CNA, or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training. Helped care for patients in the past 5 years (like taking their temperature, bathing them, or helping them use the restroom) Currently in nursing school and finished one clinical rotation. Other
Skills
You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice. You know how to use a computer. You're good at organizing things. You can talk and listen well to others. Bonus points : You've worked in a hospital before. Atrium Medical Center (AMC)