PCT - Observation Unit FT Days

San Juan Regional Medical Center; Farmington (NM); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

San Juan Regional Medical Center is seeking a Patient Care Tech (PCT) to join a patient-focused team. The role emphasizes contributing to a healing environment and collaborative care across shifts.

You will engage with the patient care team, support performance improvements, and uphold our service standards while maintaining effective communication with patients and families. Required qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent, six months of nursing assistant experience or

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• CNA experience or certification for at least 6 months is required.
• BLS Certification within two weeks of hire is required.
• Legible printing and clear speaking voice are necessary.
• Typing and computer skills are required.
• Demonstrates mature and courteous deportment.
• Driver’s license must be free of violations.
• Medical terminology knowledge is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and development for self and others.
• Collaborates with team members to provide supportive patient care.
• Communicates pertinent information to the patient care team.
• Supports performance improvement activities and patient service.
• Maintains effective communication with the public and team.
• Handles busy, stressful environments and prioritizes duties.
• Supports the organization’s values and service standards in daily work.

Skills

BLS Certification

Typing

Computer skills

Clear speaking voice

Legible printing

Mature, courteous deportment

Multi-language ability (preferred)

Driver's license (clear)

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Six months CNA experience or certification

Medical terminology (preferred)

Job description

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

Patient Care Techs (PCTs) are an integral part of a patient-focused team who use their knowledge, skills, and energy to carry out the sacred task of helping others. They serve as the communication hub for the patient care environment and are responsible for creating and maintaining a care environment conducive to healing.

Required Behaviors: As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Six (6) months of nursing assistant experience or certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification within two (2) weeks of hire
• Legible printing
• Clear speaking voice
• Typing/computer skills
• Mature, courteous deportment
• Driver’s license free of violation for SJRIR

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medical terminology required prior to unit orientation or documentation of formal class within three (3) years
• Previous experience
• Multi-language ability

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth and development for self and others
• Collaborates with all team members to provide skillful, supportive care for all patients
• Communicates pertinent information to members of the patient care team
• Supports and participates in performance improvement activities
• Provides quality internal and external customer service
• Possesses communication skills strong enough to participate with the team, manage conflict, and work successfully with the public
• Has ability to perform accurately and quickly in a busy, stressful environment, setting priorities as to duties
• Deals with the emotional stress of caring for dying and chronically ill patients
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

Meets OSHA training requirements. Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids. Intermittent or prolonged standing, walking, and sitting. Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families. Accepts the risk of job-related illness and injury which may cause long-term health problems. Repetitive motions (i.e., wrist/hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity as in typing, writing, faxing, filing papers, etc.). Able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds using approved hospital transport devices.

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

To learn more, visit us at http://www.sanjuanregional.com.