Patient Care Technician, ICU, Nights, 2k Sign On Bonus

University of Maryland; Bel Air (MD); On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Patient Care Technician to join their dynamic team. This full-time position offers an exciting opportunity to provide essential care to patients, ensuring their comfort and safety. As a vital member of the healthcare team, you will assist with daily living activities, monitor vital signs, and contribute to patient assessments. With a commitment to service excellence, this role allows you to make a meaningful impact in the community while working in a supportive environment. If you are passionate about patient care and eager to grow in your healthcare career, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and CNA or GNA certification required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care, including vital signs and daily living activities.
• Collaborates with healthcare team to ensure patient comfort and safety.
• Documents patient care and assists with admissions and discharges.

Skills

Patient Care

Vital Signs Monitoring

Blood Draws

Specimen Collection

Wound Care

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certification

Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) Certification

Job description

Job Description

Patient Care Technician (PCT), Full time, Nights, Up to $2,000 Sign On Bonus!

Under the direction of professional nursing staff, provides direct patient care. Takes vital signs, checks surgical dressings, aids patients with activities of daily living. This role performs blood draws and collects specimen samples. Observes and collects data and communicates about the patient’s status in order to identify needs and provides needed care. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary patient care services team.

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

1. Performs testing and manages the care of the patient based on results achieved and clinical findings.
2. Records patient care along the continuum, including activities of daily living (ADLs): feeding, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring.
3. Completes, documents and reports patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation and reported pain level).
4. Assists in admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
5. Participates in cost effective strategies to optimize patient outcomes.
6. Promotes patient safety including fall prevention. Ensures the safety of the clinical environment for patients, visitors, and other staff members.
7. Maintains order and appearance of patient rooms and work area. Maintains patient care supplies and linen.
8. Provides post-mortem care.
9. Collaborates with members of the health care team to carry out the plan of care, including reporting observed changes in patients’ condition.
10. Ensures patient comfort relative to their pain status.
11. Measures and documents dietary intake and patient urinary and stool output. Documents calorie count. Measures and documents patient weight.
12. Conducts indwelling urinary catheter care. Applies, maintains and removes external urinary catheter devices.
13. Conducts blood glucose monitoring.
14. Provides wound care to promote healing and maintain structural integrity of the skin. Performs skin care and hygiene and reports impaired skin integrity and/or wound impairment. Assists with appropriate strategies and/or treatment measures to provide wound care.
15. Assists with collection of patient specimens for laboratory testing. Incorporates proper techniques for patient identification, method for collection of appropriate specimen(s) and documentation.
16. Provides orthopedic/rehab device care: e.g. braces, splints, CPM. Dons/doffs compression wraps/stockings.
17. Participates in hourly patient rounding in collaboration with the health care team.
18. Responds to patient triggered alarms, including call light, chair alarm, bed alarm, tele-sitter alarm, etc.
19. Complies with The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals within scope of practice.
20. Detects, reports, and acts to avoid or correct safety risks. Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
21. Provides professional vigilance to assigned patients, including when assigned as a patient safety companion.
22. Incorporates safe lifting techniques and body mechanics in daily practice.
23. Improves patient flow and prevents care delays.
24. Performs other duties as assigned.

Company Description

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) offers the residents of northeastern Maryland an unparalleled combination of clinical expertise, leading-edge technology, and an exceptional patient experience.
A community-based, integrated, non-profit health system, our vision is to become the preferred, integrated health system creating the healthiest community in Maryland. We are dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of the people in our community through an integrated health delivery system that provides high quality care to all. Our commitment to service excellence is evident through a broad range of health care services, technologies and facilities. We work collaboratively with our community and other health organizations to serve as a resource for health promotion and education.
Today, UM UCH is the leading health care system and second largest private employer in Harford County. Our 3,500 team members and over 650 medical staff physicians serve residents of Harford County, eastern Baltimore County, and western Cecil County.

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health owns and operates:
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (UM UCMC), Bel Air, MD
The Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation, Bel Air, MD
The Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center, Bel Air, MD
The Senator Bob Hooper House, Forest Hill, MD

Qualifications

1. High school diploma or equivalent required.

2. Current Maryland state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) required.

3. No previous experience required; previous direct patient care experience in a health care facility preferred.

4. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation

• Pay Range: $17.17-$24.04, with pay differentials
• Other Compensation (if applicable):

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