Postpartum Patient Care Technician — Night Shift

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.; Miami Beach, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc. in Miami Beach is seeking a dedicated Patient Care Technician for the postpartum unit.

You will assist nurses, transport patients, and help prepare rooms for admissions, transfers, and postoperative patients, while maintaining a safe environment. You will take vital signs, monitor patients, and support newborn and mother care during night shifts 7p-7a, with on-the-job cross-training as a unit secretary and front desk coverage as needed.

Qualifications

• Florida Nursing Assistant Certification preferred.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe environment and follows infant security policies.
• Assists nurses with transportation and patient care tasks.
• Cross trains as unit secretary; covers front desk when needed and handles patient call system.
• Discontinues foley catheters and med locks as directed by RN.
• Prepares units and rooms for admissions, transfers, and post-operative patients.
• Uses proper body mechanics during positioning, lifting, turning and ambulation.
• Reports changes in patient condition to the nurse promptly.
• Takes vital signs and records them accurately in the patient record.
• Provides water and tracks intake/output during shift.
• Makes frequent patient rounds at least every two hours.
• Performs enemas, sitz baths, blood glucose monitoring and simple dressing changes as directed.

Skills

Nursing assistant

CPR

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc. in Miami Beach is seeking a dedicated Patient Care Technician for the postpartum unit.

You will assist nurses, transport patients, and help prepare rooms for admissions, transfers, and postoperative patients, while maintaining a safe environment. You will take vital signs, monitor patients, and support newborn and mother care during night shifts 7p-7a, with on-the-job cross-training as a unit secretary and front desk coverage as needed.