Patient Care Tech (PCT) - Telemetry

Saint Vincent Hospital

Worcester, Massachusetts

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Oct 21

Unit and setting: Tele
License: CNA license CNA license, Home Heath, Nursing Assistant, ENT, or Nursing Student (must have completed 1st round of clinicals)
Term: Permanent

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License: CNA license, Home Heath, Nursing Assistant, ENT, or Nursing Student (must have completed 1st round of clinicals)
Education: High school diploma or GED.
Also asks: CPR

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Sign-on bonus: $2,500

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Saint Vincent Hospital

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You’re weighing Saint Vincent Hospital on Summer Street in Worcester—a Tenet hospital that has cared for central Massachusetts for more than 125 years. On the RN-ICU side, posted wages run $34.37–$70.88 an hour, and eligible nurses can see a sign-on…

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Up to $2,500 Sign-on Bonus Based on Eligibility Assists nursing service personnel with a variety of patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients. Assists with personal hygiene, takes vital signs, and changes bed linens. May serve and collect food trays, provide for between-meal nourishment, and clean, sterilize, store, and prepare other supplies.

Has knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision.

Typically reports to a registered nurse or supervisor. Assists nursing service personnel with a variety of patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients Assists with personal hygiene, takes vital signs, and changes bed linens Performs other related duties as assigned.

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Education

High school diploma or GED.

Certifications

CPR CNA license, Home Heath, Nursing Assistant, ENT, or Nursing Student (must have completed 1st round of clinicals)

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In Worcester, MA

Worcester, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,487/mo
Household income: $70,102/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Worcester, MA

NeighborhoodsNurses and other young professionals typically look at Downtown and the Canal District—a revitalized dining, shopping, and entertainment pocket beside Canal District baseball—or along Shrewsbury Street (Restaurant Row). West of the center, historic districts and shaded suburbs hold more single-family homes; the east side is more modest single-family stock, and classic triple-deckers still house many renters alongside newer apartments. For a quieter drive to UMass Memorial Health / UMass Chan jobs, locals repeatedly name Holden, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Millbury, and Northbridge rather than a Boston-suburb commute.

Nurses and other young professionals typically look at Downtown and the Canal District—a revitalized dining, shopping, and entertainment pocket beside Canal District baseball—or along Shrewsbury Street (Restaurant Row). West of the center, historic districts and shaded suburbs hold more single-family homes; the east side is more modest single-family stock, and classic triple-deckers still house many renters alongside newer apartments.

For a quieter drive to UMass Memorial Health / UMass Chan jobs, locals repeatedly name Holden, Shrewsbury, Northboro, Millbury, and Northbridge rather than a Boston-suburb commute.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: pods.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: pods.com

Getting aroundThe citywide average commute is about 25 minutes, but a car is the default: Worcester’s transit score is 34, and WRTA buses reach the suburbs without replacing driving. I-290 is the main spine and links to the Massachusetts Turnpike for the roughly 50-mile run to Boston; Union Station trains take about an hour and a half. Expect highway congestion and winter driving on hills. Worcester Regional Airport has JetBlue to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale (JFK service described as coming). In-city living or nearby Holden, Shrewsbury, or Millbury is the usual pattern for UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School jobs versus a Boston-suburb hospital commute.

The citywide average commute is about 25 minutes, but a car is the default: Worcester’s transit score is 34, and WRTA buses reach the suburbs without replacing driving. I-290 is the main spine and links to the Massachusetts Turnpike for the roughly 50-mile run to Boston; Union Station trains take about an hour and a half.

Expect highway congestion and winter driving on hills. Worcester Regional Airport has JetBlue to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale (JFK service described as coming).

In-city living or nearby Holden, Shrewsbury, or Millbury is the usual pattern for UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School jobs versus a Boston-suburb hospital commute.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: pods.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: apartmentguide.com Source 4: discovercentralma.org Source 5: pods.com Source 6: reddit.com

OutdoorsWorcester lists more than 60 parks: historic Elm Park for quiet walks and Green Hill Park for a petting zoo and 18-hole golf course. Lake Quinsigamond and Indian Lake handle boating and paddling; Quinsigamond hosts Eastern Sprints and U.S. Rowing in spring and summer. Mass Audubon’s Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary and the EcoTarium cover wildlife and science-outdoors time, with bike paths and hiking in the mix. Wachusett Mountain is about 30 minutes for skiing and snowboarding; Davis Farmland & Mega Maze and Southwick’s Zoo are the farther family day trips.

Worcester lists more than 60 parks: historic Elm Park for quiet walks and Green Hill Park for a petting zoo and 18-hole golf course. Lake Quinsigamond and Indian Lake handle boating and paddling; Quinsigamond hosts Eastern Sprints and U.S. Rowing in spring and summer.

Mass Audubon’s Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center & Wildlife Sanctuary and the EcoTarium cover wildlife and science-outdoors time, with bike paths and hiking in the mix. Wachusett Mountain is about 30 minutes for skiing and snowboarding; Davis Farmland & Mega Maze and Southwick’s Zoo are the farther family day trips.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: discovercentralma.org Source 2: worcesterma.gov Source 3: umassmed.edu Source 4: youtube.com

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Worcester—the Heart of the Commonwealth and New England’s second-largest city—is a roughly 210,000-person college town with 10–12 campuses and about 35,000 students, anchored by healthcare employers UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School. For a nurse, that means hospital-scale jobs without a Boston-suburb commute: the citywide average is about 25 minutes, though you will want a car (transit score 34, WRTA buses, I-290 congestion, snowy hills). Pronounce it WUSS-ter. Daily life runs through the Canal District (Worcester Red Sox baseball, Worcester Public Market, small music rooms), Shrewsbury Street’s Restaurant Row, and downtown’s Hanover Theatre, Mechanics Hall, DCU Center (Railers hockey), Palladium, and Worcester Art Museum. Elm Park, Green Hill Park, Lake Quinsigamond rowing, Broad Meadow Brook, and a 30-minute hop to Wachusett Mountain cover the outdoors. Housing still undercuts the rest of Massachusetts—homes in the low-to-mid $400,000s, one-bedrooms near $1,850, two-bedrooms around $2,000—with triple-deckers, new apartments, and quieter Holden, Shrewsbury, or Millbury if you commute. Tradeoffs are real: limited transit, seasonal allergies, above-average though falling crime, and prices locals already call getting expensive.

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Source 1: pods.com Source 2: pods.com Source 3: livability.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: umassmed.edu Source 6: discovercentralma.org Source 7: worcesterma.gov Source 8: apartmentguide.com Source 9: reddit.com

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