Patient Care Technician I - Med. Surg.- Day 8 -Full Time

Vassar Brothers Medical Center; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, is seeking a Patient Care Technician to support the General Surgical unit. You will assist with admissions, monitor vitals, and perform basic nursing tasks under RN supervision, while upholding REACH values and hospital policies.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED, BLS certification within 90 days, and at least three months of PCT experience or enrollment in a nursing program.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Assists in delivery of patient care under RN supervision.
• Assists with admissions, transfers, discharges and transport of patients.
• Records vitals and reports abnormalities to the RN promptly.
• Assists with patient care tasks such as suctioning, dressings, tube feeding setup and catheter care.
• Communicates effectively with health care team and documents reports at shift changes.
• Maintains unit cleanliness and follows infection control practices.

Skills

BLS certification

PCT experience

Nursing program

Medical terminology

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nursing program (Assoc/Bachelor)

Job description

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York.

Purpose: Performs patient care activities and non-professional services. These include addressing the personal, physical and emotional needs of the neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, or geriatric patient and family. Practice must be consistent with the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the Nursing Department and Medical Center administration. Population served based on scope of services in the department.

**PCT II- Education and Experience Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED.
• AHA BLS provider certification course required within 90 days from date of hire.
• Minimum of three (3) months experience as a PCT or currently in a junior semester of an Associates or Bachelor’s nursing program.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements:

• General knowledge of high school subject matter including sciences, simple medical procedures / terminology, and office equipment.
• BLS certification is required 90 days’ from date of hire.

Essential Responsibilities

1. Assists in the delivery of patient care by performing, specific patient care tasks per scope of service and as directed by the Registered Nurse.
2. Assists with admissions, transfers, discharges and transport of patients.
3. Obtains and records Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood Pressure, Oxygen saturation, weights, and Blood Glucose testing. Reports abnormalities and condition changes to primary nurse promptly.
4. Demonstrates competence in advanced skills to include, but not limited to: oral suctioning, enemas (no Fleets enemas), clean dressings after a RN assessment, tube feeding set-up, external catheter (condom catheter), post-mortem care and suction canister set-up.
5. Communicates effectively and frequently with health care team members to share information and solve problems in a positive and result-oriented manner both verbally and electronically.
   • a. Documents legibly on all hospital forms using standardized abbreviations.
   • b. Gets patient report from the RN and off-going PCT at the beginning of the shift. Gives end-of-shift report to the primary nurse and oncoming PCT at the end of the shift.
   • c. Participates in walking rounds with the oncoming and off going PCT at shift change
6. Provides personalized care to patients and families. Identifies and documents special needs on the patient rounding sheet.
7. Utilizes available educational materials, programs, nursing literature and resource personnel for career development and attends mandatory in‑services to maintain unit competencies.
8. Utilizes material, equipment and time in a safe, therapeutic and cost effective manner.
9. Assists with appropriate tasks in all code situations (i.e. CPR, obtaining equipment, etc.) under the direction of the Code Blue Team.
10. Adheres to Organizational infection control practices and policies and to established safety and security policies, including using two (2) identifiers whenever taking blood samples or performing any procedure.
11. Assists with maintaining the general cleanliness and appearance of areas on the unit, including, but not limited to:
    • a. Cleans treatment rooms, showers, commodes and IV poles after use.
    • b. Cleans kitchens (refrigerators, ice machines, sinks, counters) as assigned.
    • c. Cleans counters and empties trash in nursing station as requested.
    • d. Cleans other areas such as storage areas, linen rooms, staff lounge as requested.
12. Maintain and Model REACH Values (Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Compassion, Honor).
13. Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
14. Performs other duties as required.

Working Conditions:

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Some occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Org Unit: 1450

Department: General Surgical

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $21.16 - $24.44 Hourly