Patient Care Technician

3000 Montefiore Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,411,000 - 96,432,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center is seeking a Patient Care Technician to perform clinical and clerical duties in the ED-Nursing department, including taking vitals, documenting chief complaints, and assisting in minor procedures.

Cross-coverage for Moses Rehabilitation Medicine site is required; duties include room preparation, specimen handling, basic testing, patient education, and ensuring accuracy of records.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Certificate of successfully completing a Patient Care Technician training program with presentation of competency based orientation and Basic Cardiac Life Support.
• Training must include phlebotomy and 12 Lead ECG required.
• Graduate of state approved nursing assistant certificate program or 2 years experience as a direct care provider in a related clinical setting or a combination of education and experience acceptable to the Director of Nursing.
• Emergency Department positions preferred EMS training or medical corpsman experience.
• Ability to read, write and speak English.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) training required.

Responsibilities

• Take and record patient’s height, weight, health history and vital signs including blood pressure and blood drawing (venipuncture) and EKG’s.
• Ensure accuracy for results.
• Sterilize instruments and equipment using appropriate sterilization workflow.
• Maintain a safe and sterilized environment.
• Order and maintain supplies and prepare examination rooms.
• Stock and supplies at par level.
• Maintain abnormal results laboratory, pathology specimens and logbooks such as medication temperatures logbooks and Baclofen patient logs.
• Prepare examination rooms, cleaning, and sterilizing surface areas.
• Assess patient’s condition and determine if emergency exists.
• Use independent judgment – patient well-being.

Skills

Phlebotomy

12 Lead ECG

Basic Life Support

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

PCT training certificate

Nursing assistant certificate or 2 years direct care experience

Job description

City/State: Bronx, New York

Grant Funded: No

Department: ED - Nursing

Einstein Bargaining Unit: 1199

Work Shift: Evening

Work Days: ALTERNATE WEEKENDS

Scheduled Hours: 3 PM-11:30 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours: 7.5 HOURS

Hourly Rate: $31.13

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Job Summary:

Performs a variety of clinical and clerical services in a clinic or Physician's office, including taking basic vital signs on patients, documenting chief complaint, and assisting in minor in office procedures. Performs related work as required. Cross coverage for Moses Rehabilitation Medicine site is required as needed.

Essential Functions

• Take and record patient’s height, weight, health history and vital signs including blood pressure and blood drawing (venipuncture) and EKG’s
• Accuracy for results
• Sterilize instruments and equipment using appropriate sterilization workflow.
• Safe and sterilized environment.
• Order and maintain supplies and prepare examination rooms.
• Stock and supplies at par level.
• Maintain abnormal results laboratory, pathology specimens and logbooks such as medication temperatures logbooks and Baclofen patient logs.
• Accuracy and completeness of records.
• Assist in clerical procedures such as scheduling appointments, answering phone calls, making appointment confirmation calls, recording messages, and completing forms, medical records, and requests for lab tests and X-rays.
• Low rate of clerical errors.
• Performs routine tests as needed such as urinalysis, blood sugar and hematocrit
• Accuracy of results.
• Provide patient education for wellness.
• Patient satisfaction
• Prepare examination rooms, cleaning, and sterilizing surface areas.
• Safe and thoroughly cleaned environment.
• Assess patient’s condition and determine if emergency exists.
• Use good independent judgment – patient well-being.
• Responsible for obtaining authorizations and scheduling diagnostic studies.
• All patient and clinician needs are met in a timely and complete fashion.
• All other related functions as directed by the manager.
• Completely and accurately done

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Certificate of successfully completing a Patient Care Technician training program with presentation of competency based orientation and Basic Cardiac Life Support.
• Training must include phlebotomy and 12 Lead ECG required
• Graduate of state approved nursing assistant certificate program or 2 years experience as a direct care provider in a related clinical setting or a combination of education and experience acceptable to the Director of Nursing.
• Emergency Department positions preferred EMS training or medical corpsman experience.
• Ability to read, write and speak English.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) training required

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve.

Montefiore's state-of-the-art facilities include the internationally-recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation.

Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise.

An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits.

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