Patient Care Tech

San Juan Regional Medical Center; Farmington (NM); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, NM is seeking Patient Care Techs (PCTs) to join a patient-focused team dedicated to compassionate, high-quality care. You will act as a communication hub and help create a healing environment for patients and families.

The role emphasizes collaboration, professional growth, and adherence to our service standards, with responsibilities spanning patient support, information sharing, and participation in continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Six months of nursing assistant experience or certification.
• BLS certification within two weeks of hire.
• Legible printing; clear speaking voice; typing/computer skills.
• Mature, courteous deportment; valid driver’s license with no violations.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and development.
• Collaborates with all team members to provide skilled, supportive care.
• Communicates pertinent information to the patient care team.
• Supports performance improvement activities.
• Provides quality internal and external customer service.
• Ability to manage conflict and work with the public.
• Handle stressful environment and set priorities.
• Implement SJRMC’s Service Standards daily.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing assistant experience

BLS Certification

Legible printing

Clear speaking voice

Typing/computer skills

Mature, courteous deportment

Driver’s license clean

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

Patient Care Techs (PCTs) are an integral part of a patient-focused team who use their knowledge, skills, and energy to carry out the sacred task of helping others. They serve as the communication hub for the patient care environment and are responsible for creating and maintaining a care environment conducive to healing.

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Behaviors:

• Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Six (6) months of nursing assistant experience or certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within two (2) weeks of hire
• Legible printing
• Clear speaking voice
• Typing/computer skills
• Mature, courteous deportment
• Driver’s license free of violation for SJRIR

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medical terminology required prior to unit orientation or documentation of formal class within three (3) years
• Previous experience
• Multi-language ability

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and development for self and others
• Collaborates with all team members to provide skillful, supportive care for all patients
• Communicates pertinent information to members of the patient care team
• Supports and participates in performance improvement activities
• Provides quality internal and external customer service
• Possesses communication skills strong enough to participate with the team, manage conflict, and work successfully with the public
• Has ability to perform accurately and quickly in a busy, stressful environment, setting priorities as to duties
• Deals with the emotional stress of caring for dying and chronically ill patients
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

• Meets OSHA training requirements
• Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids
• Intermittent or prolonged standing, walking, and sitting
• Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families
• Accepts the risk of job-related illness and injury which may cause long-term health problems
• Repetitive motions (i.e., wrist/hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity as in typing, writing, faxing, filing papers, etc.)
• Able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds using approved hospital transport devices

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

To learn more, visit us at http://www.sanjuanregional.com.