Patient Care Technician - Specialist

UPMC Mercy Health Center; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Mercy Health Center in Pittsburgh is seeking a full-time Patient Care Technician Specialist to join the PM&R Injection and Outpatient Testing team at the Mercy Pavilion. You will enjoy a Monday through Friday schedule with variable start times and no weekends, holidays, or on-call shifts while providing hands‑on support to patients and the clinical team.

Responsibilities include monitoring vital signs, assisting with ADLs, collecting specimens, performing phlebotomy and IV-related

Qualifications

• Performs clinical and personal care tasks under RN direction.
• Monitors vital signs and reports changes promptly.
• Collects specimens and assists with phlebotomy and IV procedures.
• Maintains a clean, safe patient environment and adheres to safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient-centered care with professionalism and cultural sensitivity.
• Assists with bathing, feeding, toileting, mobility, and transport.
• Obtains vitals, weights, intake/output, and point-of-care tests.
• Applies telemetry monitors and supports HAC/PSI prevention measures.
• Performs dressing changes, bladder scans, and catheter-related tasks.
• Administers advanced skills including IV insertion/removal, Foley catheterization.
• Maintains competency in at least one additional advanced skill based on unit needs.
• Provides patient/family instruction under RN supervision.
• Responds to call lights, assists with meals, and supports unit activities.
• Transports cardiovascular patients and completes department clerical duties.
• Documents care in the medical record per procedure.
• Reports equipment issues and supports safe care environment.
• Participates in department projects and quality initiatives.

Skills

Phlebotomy

IV skills

Vital signs monitoring

ADL assistance

Tools

Telemetry monitors

Point-of-care testing

Job description

Patient Care Technician Specialist

Looking for a patient care role with a great weekday schedule? UPMC Mercy is seeking a full-time Patient Care Technician Specialist to join the PM&R Injection and Outpatient Testing team at the Mercy Pavilion. Enjoy a Monday through Friday schedule with variable start times and no weekends, holidays, or on-call shifts while providing hands‑on support to patients and the clinical team. Phlebotomy and IV skills are preferred.

Purpose

The Patient Care Technician Specialist plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care by assisting nurses and other healthcare providers with clinical and personal care needs. Responsibilities include monitoring vital signs, assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs), collecting specimens, performing phlebotomy and IV-related procedures, and maintaining a clean and safe patient environment.

In addition to standard PCT competencies, the Patient Care Technician Specialist will achieve and maintain competency in at least one advanced skill based on department operational needs, including basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12-lead EKG, or NG tube clamping and removal.

Responsibilities

• Provides compassionate, patient-centered care while demonstrating an understanding of cultural diversity, workplace safety, and professionalism.
• Performs core PCT responsibilities, including bathing, feeding, toileting, ambulating, transporting, turning, and repositioning patients.
• Obtains vital signs, weights, intake and output, blood glucose and other point‑of‑care testing, and collects patient specimens.
• Applies and reapplies telemetry monitors and assists with HAC and PSI prevention measures, including TEDs and SCDs.
• Performs simple dressing changes, bladder scans, restraint placement and removal, and specimen collection.
• Performs required advanced competencies, including IV insertion and removal, Foley catheter insertion and removal, straight catheterization, and phlebotomy.
• Achieves and maintains competency in at least one additional advanced skill based on department needs, including basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12‑lead EKG, or NG tube clamping and removal.
• Provides instruction to patients and families under the direction of the RN.
• Responds to call lights and telephones, assists with meal trays, transports patients, and supports other unit activities as needed.
• Transports cardiac‑monitored patients within the hospital and completes department clerical functions as needed.
• Documents patient care in the medical record according to established procedures.
• Reports equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department and supports a safe patient care environment.
• Participates in department projects and quality initiatives and communicates learning or support needs to leadership.
• May enter areas where medications are stored or transport medications with patients from one department to another as required.