Patient Care Technician Lead

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center; Hendersonville (TN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center seeks a Lead Patient Care Tech to play a pivotal role on the nursing team, delivering compassionate bedside care, assisting with advanced procedures, and mentoring newer staff. You will support vital sign checks, specimen collection, and telemetry monitoring while promoting patient comfort and safety.

The role emphasizes training and guiding team members, ensuring adherence to infection prevention standards, and communicating critical updates to the care

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• High School Graduate / GED.

Responsibilities

• Assisting patients with ADLs, supporting mobility and comfort, checking vital signs, collecting specimens and monitoring telemetry as needed.
• Documenting patient care accurately and communicating updates to the nursing team.
• Maintaining a safe, clean environment by following infection prevention practices and ensuring supplies are ready.
• Responding to patient needs through regular rounds and compassionate communication.
• Training new team members and sharing updates on policies and quality initiatives.

Education

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Patient Care Technician Lead today with TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Lead Patient Care Tech, you’ll be an integral part of the nursing team, delivering compassionate care that impacts patients’ lives every day. You’ll provide hands-on patient care, assist with advanced procedures, and help guide and mentor and support the growth of new and experienced patient care tech staff.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting patients with ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), supporting mobility and comfort, checking vital signs, collecting specimens, preparing for procedures, and monitoring telemetry as needed
• Documenting patient care accurately and communicating important updates to the nursing team to ensure coordinated, timely care
• Helping maintain a safe, clean environment by following infection prevention practices, setting up and caring for equipment, and ensuring needed supplies are ready
• Responding to patient needs through regular rounding and compassionate communication to promote comfort and trust
• Training new team members, sharing updates on policies and quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient care

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• High School Graduate / GED

No Travel Required

Benefits

No experience Required Years of Experience

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center is a 159-bed facility providing quality healthcare to Sumner and surrounding counties for more than 45 years. The facility is the first Accredited Chest Pain Center in Sumner County, a Certified Primary Stroke Center and a designated Level III Trauma Center. The Birth Center at TriStar Hendersonville features a six-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), spacious maternity suites and a lactation boutique for inpatient and outpatient breastfeeding services. TriStar Hendersonville also offers emergency services, cardiology, neurology, orthopedic, surgical and wound care services. In addition to its main hospital campus, other affiliates include TriStar Women’s Imaging Hendersonville, The Outpatient Center at Hendersonville, TriStar Portland ER and TriStar Portland Diagnostic Center.

In 2022, the hospital was named the first Innovation Hub of HCA Healthcare and Digital Transformation and Innovation (DT&I). The Innovation Hub is a hospital location dedicated to collaborative design and the development of solutions designed to benefit patients and care team members across HCA Healthcare.

Innovation Hubs are central to HCA Healthcare’s commitment to human-centered, clinically-led innovation. They serve as real-life environments for understanding current state friction points, testing, refining, and integrating digital AI solutions to impact how we provide care. This unique environment brings together care teams, administrators, data scientists and technologists to create solutions that will have lasting impact for HCA Healthcare. Learn more about HCA Healthcare and DT&I.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.