ER Patient Care Technician - Rotating Shifts

Rochester Regional Health; Village of Newark (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Rochester Regional Health seeks a Patient Care Technician for the Emergency Department at Newark Wayne Hospital in Newark, NY. The role supports direct/indirect patient care under licensed nurses and helps with unit organization and meeting patient and unit needs.

The position involves rotating days/nights, every other weekend and holiday, with a 36-hour workweek. Responsibilities include patient care deployment, safety checks, specimen handling, and transportation coordination within the unit.

Qualifications

• Minimum age requirement: 18
• 2 years experience in Patient Care Technician role OR Completion of Nursing Fundamentals or C.N.A certification OR Previous experience as a Medical Assistant, Medical Technician, or Technologist in a healthcare setting, or successful completion of a Patient Care Technician training program.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to Patient Care Technicians including but not limited to scheduling, patient care deployment.
• Employ safe and competent care for patients with relationship to the patient’s hygiene, skin integrity, nutritional and elimination needs.
• Assist with the admission, discharge, transfer, transport and repositioning of patients.
• Perform correct procedures in the collection and disposition of specimens.
• Perform and record technical procedures as delegated.
• Observe, report, and document questionable patient conditions to the licensed nurse on duty.
• Ensure medical equipment is clean, maintained and functional and refers equipment for needed repairs.
• Monitors and maintains unit supply usage.
• Implements appropriate interventions to address the mobility needs of the patient.
• Unit secretarial responsibilities and special projects Scheduling follow up examinations, testing and in Surgical Services, possible scrub duties.
• Secure transport of non-controlled medications from pharmacy to unit and from unit-to-unit when transporting patients in accordance with designated process.

Job description

Rochester Regional Health seeks a Patient Care Technician for the Emergency Department at Newark Wayne Hospital in Newark, NY. The role supports direct/indirect patient care under licensed nurses and helps with unit organization and meeting patient and unit needs.

The position involves rotating days/nights, every other weekend and holiday, with a 36-hour workweek. Responsibilities include patient care deployment, safety checks, specimen handling, and transportation coordination within the unit.