Patient Care Technician - Orthopedic Unit, Hands-on Care

Nuvance Health; Town of Carmel (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Putnam Hospital Center is seeking a nursing aide to provide direct patient care under the supervision of licensed nursing staff. The role emphasizes safety, comfort, and accountability in daily patient interactions across ages.

Qualifications include a High School Diploma and BLS credentialing; recent nursing aide, phlebotomy, or EKG tech experience is preferred. The position carries a significant manual workload and physical requirements in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Graduate
• Licensure/Registration/Certification: BLS credentialing
• Work Experience: Recent experience as a nurse aide, phlebotomist, or EKG technician preferred

Responsibilities

• Performs nursing skills encompassing patient care and relative tasks under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse. Provides a safe, quiet, comfortable environment for patient, visitors, and employees. Demonstrates accountability for job responsibility and functions.
• Provides direct quality care and service to patients of all ages under the directions of the Unit Manager/designee.

Education

High School Graduate

Job description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Job Summary

• Performs nursing skills encompassing patient care and relative tasks under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse.
  Provides a safe, quiet, comfortable environment for patient, visitors, and employees. Demonstrates accountability for job responsibility and functions.
• Provides direct quality care and service to patients of all ages under the directions of the Unit Manager/designee.

Qualifications

• Education:High School Graduate
• Licensure/Registration/Certification:BLS credentialing
• Work Experience:Recent experience as a nurse aide, phlebotomist, or EKG technician preferred

Working Conditions:

• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
• Occupational: Significant 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: Putnam Hospital Center
• Org Unit: 1205
• Department: Surg 4 North - Ortho
• Exempt: No
• Flat Rate: $22.47 hourly

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