Senior Patient Care Technician/Patient Care Technician (First Shift/Part Time)

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 24,753 - 35,254; Part time

Job summary

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is seeking a Senior Patient Care Technician for a part-time position on the first shift. In this role, you will assist with patient care duties, including phlebotomy and support in compliance and safety standards. Ideal candidates should have an Associate’s degree or equivalent patient care experience.

The position requires certification in Basic Life Support within six months of appointment, ensuring a high standard of patient care and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience with direct and indirect patient care.
• Proficiency in performing phlebotomy.
• Knowledge of laboratory registration procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist nurses and providers with patient care duties.
• Procure and process test samples for testing.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Patient care experience

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

Phlebotomy techniques

Education

Associate’s degree

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Title: Senior Patient Care Technician (First Shift/Part Time)

Job Type: Regular

Company: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Department: Nursing - 8 West

Time Type: Part time

Weekly Hours: 20

Fte: 0.5

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Summary

Join a patient-centered team where you play a vital role in delivering exceptional care and supporting clinical excellence. This position assists nurses and providers with numerous duties involving direct and indirect patient care, including assisting providers with procedures, transporting patients within the Institute, and supporting efficient patient flow in the ambulatory setting.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include procuring and processing laboratory test samples for clinical and research testing purposes, performing phlebotomy using venipuncture, butterfly, and microsampling techniques, and ensuring proper patient registration and handling of laboratory orders within Hospital and Laboratory Information Systems. The role also processes and routes clinical laboratory testing materials to the appropriate testing areas, maintains laboratory supply inventories, and processes requests for supply orders.

Additional responsibilities include obtaining electrocardiograms, assisting the unit in maintaining compliance and safety standards, monitoring and maintaining quality assurance and quality improvement activities, and applying infection control techniques to care. Performs all duties of the Patient Care Technician.

Starting hourly rate is $21.78.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• Associate’s degree and the national certification as a Medical Assistant; or
• High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma and the equivalent of two (2) years of full-time patient care experience and the national certification as a Patient Care Technician.

Certification Requirement

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

Note

• As a condition of continued employment, incumbents must obtain certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) within six (6) months of their appointment to this title.
• Degrees must be conferred by an accredited school, college, or university, or by an institution recognized by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and/or Health Research Incorporated as adhering to acceptable educational standards.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation (RPCIC) and Health Research Inc. (HRI) Roswell Park Division believe that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants or job seekers because of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, creed, age, disability, pregnancy-related condition, military or veteran status, marital or familial status, domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, genetic information, individual’s relationship or association with a member of a protected category or any other protected group status as defined by law.