PCT Apprentice: Launch Your Patient Care Career

Hackensack Meridian Health; Herbertsville (NJ); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Hackensack MeridianHealth is seeking a Patient Care Technician Apprentice in New Jersey. You will begin in the PCT Apprentice Program, and upon successful completion you transition to Patient Care Technician.

The role emphasizes patient care across age groups, safety, and teamwork with nursing staff. The program requires a high school diploma or GED, completion of a PCT/MA/CNA program or equivalent, and CPR/HCP certification within 60 days.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED, and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Completion of one of the following: Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician program or Fundamentals of Nursing program from an accredited school of nursing or HM H PCT Apprenticeship Program or Equivalent medical background experience, such as EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant.
• Note: Candidates that have not completed one of the programs but meets the other requirements will be considered for selection into the HMH PCT Apprentice Program.

Responsibilities

• Providing patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served.
• Providing for effective and safe guest/patients outcomes through practice, judgment and critical actions.
• Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status and rendered care.
• Taking self-directed or self-motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job, acting before being required to by events, improving job performance, and/or creating new opportunities.
• Participating in interdisciplinary collaboration of our patient's plan of care from admission to discharge to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care
• Participating in Unit/Department Performance Improvement [PI] activities

Skills

Patient care basics

Teamwork

CPR certification (within 60 days)

Education

High School diploma or GED

CNA/MA/PCT program or Nursing Fundamentals program

HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program

Equivalent medical background (EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant)

Job description

Hackensack MeridianHealth is seeking a Patient Care Technician Apprentice in New Jersey. You will begin in the PCT Apprentice Program, and upon successful completion you transition to Patient Care Technician.

The role emphasizes patient care across age groups, safety, and teamwork with nursing staff. The program requires a high school diploma or GED, completion of a PCT/MA/CNA program or equivalent, and CPR/HCP certification within 60 days.