Patient Care Technician Certified ED Full-time Nights

100 LCMC Health; Branchville (SC); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health's University Medical Center region seeks a Certified Patient Care Technician to join the Nights shift. You will assist with patient care under RN direction, perform priority clinical procedures, and help keep patients comfortable.

Responsibilities include CPR/BLS, ADLs, vital signs, phlebotomy, EKGs, and charting in the EMR. Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team is essential to ensure safe, compassionate care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required with at least 1 year clinical care experience.
• Certified Patient Care Technician (PCT), CNA, or MA credentials preferred.
• American Heart Association BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Perform priority clinical procedures and maintain a safe environment.
• Provide care services including CPR, ADLs, vital signs, and basic measurements.
• Document patient information in the electronic medical record and manage supplies.
• Prioritize tasks based on acuity and patient needs, collaborating with RNs and therapists.
• Delegate tasks within scope and seek supervision when needed.

Skills

Clinical care

CNA/PCT certification

CPR/BLS

Documentation in EMR

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

EMR/EHR systems

Job description

Why a Great Place to Work:

Your job is more than a job. As a Certified Patient Care Tech (PCT) you’ve got that sixth sense of anticipating and answering the needs of your patients. You are part of a team concept, under the direction of the Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Therapist, performing delegated patient care in a safe and efficient manner, completing documentation of patient related tasks and adhering to the policies and procedures. You believe in kindness, respect and empathy at your patient’s bedside and deliver care like you would want for yourself and your loved ones. All the call lights, hand holds, medical needs, family questions, and even a proverbial ‘extra blanket” request, you’ve lost count, but you still bring your heart and soul to every single one like it’s your first. And that’s what we love about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this hands-on, personal care nursing role.

Your Everyday

1. Perform assigned priority technical procedures and maintain a safe environment for patients.
2. Provide care services like basic life support (CPR), Adl's, restorative care, calculates intake and output, lifting, ambulating, transferring, positioning, weights, equipment use, vital signs, phlebotomy, dressing changes, obtaining Ekg’s, etc.
3. Prepare patient room, chart in the electronic medical record, clean unit equipment, orders inventory medical/office supplies and perform other tasks as needed.
4. Prioritize assigned tasks and patient care activities based on acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request and other departmental needs.
5. Report abnormal patient findings and situations to RN or other licensed healthcare providers and takes actions to correct unsafe conditions.
6. Give rationale for actions or decisions based on logic, successful experience, intuition and/or established policies/procedures.
7. Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to identify actions to improve patient care.
8. Seek supervision or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely and independently.
9. Initiate and/or maintain job specific interventions to assure continuity of safe and effective care for patients.
10. Delegate tasks to other team members to accomplish direct patient care or support activities.
11. Question appropriateness of a task that has been delegated by the RN/Licensed healthcare provider for clarification of concerns.

The Must-Haves Minimum

1. High School Diploma or equivalent, appropriate work experience.
2. 1 year of Clinical Care experience; CNA or PCT experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
3. Certified Medical Assistant (MA) - American Association of Medical Assistants or
4. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) - Louisiana State Department of Health
5. Certified Patient Care or Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) - National Health Careers Association or
6. Certified Patient Care Technician (PCT) - National Health Careers Association
7. American Heart Association BLS certification.
8. Non-Violent Crisis Prevention (CPI, NCI-CPI) - Crisis Prevention Institute

WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary.

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+.Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one‑size‑fits‑all, think one‑of‑a‑kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do.
• You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

About LCMC Health

One‑of‑a‑kind care comes from one‑of‑a‑kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra‑extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.