Full-Time Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician - Hepatology/ENT (5EW/8W)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
You'll work a stepdown unit caring for liver failure patients and complex head and neck surgery patients.
- Pay
- Not posted
- Shift and hours
- Rotating daylight, evening, overnight, weekend and holiday shifts · 12-hour shifts, sometimes mixed with 8-hour shifts
- Unit and setting
- 5EW/8W stepdown unit The hepatology service cares for a diverse patient population, with a primary focus on individuals experiencing liver failure from a variety of etiologies.liver failure patients
- Term
- Permanent Full-Time Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician - Hepatology/ENT (5EW/8W)Full time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Nursing Assistant: High school diploma or equivalent.
- Experience
- 1 year of experience for Patient Care Technician, or PT/OT/PA or healthcare program enrollment with a clinical rotation, or a health sciences bachelor's
- Experience
- 2 years of healthcare experience for Senior or Specialist, or 1 year plus PT/OT/PA enrollment with a clinical rotation, or 1 year plus a health sciences bachelor's
- Experience
- 3 years of healthcare experience for Lead 3 years of healthcare experience required.
- Also asks
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Also asks
- Knowledge of body mechanics and transfer techniques Knowledge of body mechanics and transfer techniques.
- Also asks
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
Preferred
- Certification
- CNA, EMT or Paramedic certification, or current EMT or Paramedic enrollment Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), or Paramedic, or current enrollment in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred.
What it pays
- Pay reviews
- Job title and salary are set by qualifications and career ladder requirements Job title and salary will be based upon qualifications and career ladder requirements:
Benefits
- Paid mandatory training program (three days)
- Career ladder advancement
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Patients
- liver patients from end-of-life care to transplant preparation Nurses provide comprehensive care across the continuum-from supportive end-of-life care to management of patients preparing for liver transplantation.
- Patients
- head and neck surgery patients
- Day to day
- ADLs, including bathing, feeding, transport and repositioning ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning and repositioning patients, and blood glucose)
- Day to day
- blood glucose checks and blood glucose)
- Day to day
- EKGs and bladder scans vital signs, simple dressings, EKGs, bladder scans, and all specimen collections.
- Day to day
- simple dressings simple dressings
- Day to day
- specimen collection and all specimen collections.
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Details
- Mandatory three-day paid training This is a paid training program that spans over three days.
- Details
- Training on weekdays, daytime, part virtual and part in person The main program is on weekdays only and during daylight hours, combining virtual and in-person days.
- Details
- Medication access limited to handing medications to the nurse Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.
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Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours and call?
- 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
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Presbyterian Hospital (PRESBY) 200 Lothrop St , 15213 Join our team at UPMC Presbyterian and embark on a fulfilling healthcare career as a Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Technician. You’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care while working alongside our compassionate and skilled healthcare professionals. This position offers a strong benefits package and endless opportunities for growth.
The Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians provide routine patient care and support the department services in accordance with established policies and procedures. This role will be directed by nurses and/or physicians to ensure that the highest degree of quality patient care can be maintained at all times. Patient care duties may include, but are not limited to, ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning and repositioning patients, and blood glucose), vital signs, simple dressings, EKGs, bladder scans, and all specimen collections.
About the Unit
5EW/8W is a unique medical-surgical stepdown unit specializing in the care of patients with liver failure and those undergoing complex head and neck surgical procedures. Our head and neck surgical population includes patients who have undergone procedures such as total laryngectomy, free flap reconstruction, tracheotomy, and parathyroid/thyroid surgeries. The hepatology service cares for a diverse patient population, with a primary focus on individuals experiencing liver failure from a variety of etiologies.
Nurses provide comprehensive care across the continuum—from supportive end-of-life care to management of patients preparing for liver transplantation. Nursing Support roles are required to work rotating shifts, which include daylight, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts. Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians will also be required to work 12-hour shifts, with a possibility of a combination of 8-hour and 12-hour shifts.
Nursing Support Training
All hired candidates will complete a mandatory training course. This is a paid training program that spans over three days. The main program is on weekdays only and during daylight hours, combining virtual and in-person days.
Attendance is mandatory for the entire training. Training is available on the unit for those who have completed a clinical rotation in a hospital or have specific transferable in-patient/hospital experience. Nursing Support Career Ladder Our goal at UPMC is to help you build YOUR career, starting with our robust career ladder!
A Nursing Support career at UPMC Presbyterian maximizes your potential and advances you to wherever you’d like to go, ensuring that you are equipped with resources, mentors, and leadership along the way. Job title and salary will be based upon qualifications and career ladder
requirements
Nursing Assistant: High school diploma or equivalent. Patient Care Technician: High school diploma or equivalent. 1 Year of Experience, OR enrollment in PT/OT/PA program or related healthcare training program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, OR completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in a health sciences field.
Patient Care Technician – Senior/*Specialist: High school diploma or equivalent. 2 years of healthcare experience, OR 1 year of experience and enrollment in PT/OT/PA program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, OR 1 year of experience and completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in a health sciences field. Annual completion of a professional contribution to be determined after hire.
Successful completion of Senior or Specialist training class. *Specialist title determined by specific patient care skills. Patient Care Technician – Lead: High school diploma or equivalent. 3 years of healthcare experience required.
Successful completion of Senior or Specialist training. High School diploma or equivalent required. Successful completion of UPMC Nursing Assistant, or Patient Care Technician, or EIC training program.
Knowledge of body mechanics and transfer techniques. Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), or Paramedic, or current enrollment in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred.
Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.
What's around it?
Pittsburgh, PAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 5% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,261/mo
- Household income
- $65,742/yr, all local households, not nurse pay