Lead Patient Care Technician

TriStar Centennial Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits for medical, Rx

Dental, vision, behavioral health, and

Telemedicine services

Time away from work: PTO, family leave

401(k) with 100% match on 3%–9%

Tuition and certification support

Fertility and family-building benefits

Job summary

TriStar Centennial Medical Center is seeking a Lead Patient Care Technician for night shifts. You will be integral to the nursing team, delivering compassionate patient care, assisting with procedures, and mentoring new and existing staff.

Responsibilities include ADL support, vital signs, telemetry, documentation, and ensuring safety and cleanliness. This role emphasizes teamwork and ongoing training within a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• BLS certification required within 30 days of start date.
• Lead role involves mentoring teammates and guiding care delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with ADLs, mobility, comfort, and telemetry monitoring.
• Document care and communicate updates to the nursing team.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment following infection prevention practices.
• Respond to patient needs with rounds and compassionate communication.
• Train new team members and share policies and quality updates.

Skills

Patient care

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Vital signs

Telemetry monitoring

Education

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Job description

Med/Surg, Full-Time NIGHTS

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Lead Patient Care Technician with TriStar Centennial Medical Center you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Lead Patient Care Tech, you'll be an integral part of the nursing team, delivering compassionate care that impacts patients' lives every day. You'll provide hands-on patient care, assist with advanced procedures, and help guide and mentor and support the growth of new and experienced patient care tech staff.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting patients with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), supporting mobility and comfort, checking vital signs, collecting specimens, preparing for procedures, and monitoring telemetry as needed
• Documenting patient care accurately and communicating important updates to the nursing team to ensure coordinated, timely care
• Helping maintain a safe, clean environment by following infection prevention practices, setting up and caring for equipment, and ensuring needed supplies are ready
• Responding to patient needs through regular rounding and compassionate communication to promote comfort and trust
• Training new team members, sharing updates on policies and quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient care

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

Benefits

No experience Required Years of Experience

TriStar Centennial Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 740+ bed comprehensive facility. We offer medical and surgical programs. These include behavioral health and 24-hour emergency. These also include heart and vascular and imaging. These also include neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder, and women's services. We are an affiliate of TriStar Health. TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 43-acre campus. We are home to TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center. We are home to TriStar Centennial Women's Hospital. Our campus includes The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center, TriStar Centennial Advanced Joint Replacement Institute and TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.