Patient Care Technician / PCT / NICU

Emory Healthcare; Decatur (GA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider in Georgia as a Patient Care Technician. This role offers the chance to make a real difference in patients' lives while working in a supportive environment. You will be responsible for essential patient care tasks, ensuring safety and comfort while collaborating with a dedicated healthcare team. With comprehensive benefits starting from day one, ongoing mentorship, and a commitment to professional development, this position is perfect for those looking to grow in their healthcare career. Be part of a network that values your contributions and supports your journey.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Family-focused Benefits

Wellness Incentives

Ongoing Mentorship Programs

Qualifications

• Direct patient care experience or nursing assistant training required.
• BLS certification is mandatory for this role.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient care and observation duties under RN/LPN direction.
• Assist in emergencies and ensure patient hygiene and comfort.

Skills

Patient Care

BLS Certification

Clinical Equipment Operation

Hygiene Compliance

Emergency Response

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Nursing Program Enrollment

Tools

Patient Monitoring Equipment

Computers

Job description

Emory Healthcare. Where you matter as much as the work you do!

Be inspired. Be rewarded. Belong. At Emory Healthcare.

At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide:

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
• Family-focused benefits
• Wellness incentives
• Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs and more

Description

7am - 7:30pm/ Full Time/ 36 Hours/ Candidate works every other weekend and rotating holidays

Salary range - $15.75-$24.96

We're seeking a Patient Care Technician for Emory Decatur Hospital responsible for being a capable certified technician who cares about the quality of their work an ensuring the safety for all patients.

This individual will:

• Performs assigned patient care and observation duties under the direction of a Registered Nurse and/or LPN, including but not limited to: cleaning the patient's room, operating various clinical equipment, helping with emergencies, assisting with patient procedures, collecting and transporting patient specimens and completing applicable forms.
• Maintains hospital and unit-specific competencies.
• Assists in emergency situations as directed by an RN/LPN.
• Ensures that prescribed measures related to hygiene, comfort, and rest are provided.
• Complies with Standard Precautions guidelines, Infection Control procedures, and safety standards to maintain and promote a clean and healthy work environment.
• Assists in the use of bag-valve-mask device, anti-embolism stockings, pneumatic compression stockings, oxygen, suction equipment, incentive spirometer, emergency cart and bedside glucose monitoring machine.
• Operates converter chair, lifts, scales, beds, stretchers, wheelchairs, non-invasive BP monitors, automatic thermometer, sphygmomanometer, pulse oximeter, and computers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A high school diploma or equivalent, preferred.
• BLS required.
• Must meet one of the following requirements:
• One year of direct patient care experience,
• Successful completion of a nursing assistant training course
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license through State of Georgia, OR
• Current enrollment in a nursing program and completion of 2 clinical rotations.

JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY! Emory Healthcare (EHC), part of Emory University (EUV), is the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia and the first and only in Georgia with a Magnet designated ambulatory practice. We are made up of 11 hospitals-4 Magnet designated, the Emory Clinic, and more than 425 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network, established in 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 3,450 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at [e-mail]. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.

About the company

Emory Healthcare, part of Emory University, is the most extensive health care system in Georgia. We are made up of 11 hospitals, the Emory Clinic, and more than 250 provider locations. The Emory Healthcare Network, established in 2011, is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia, with more than 2,800 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.