Patient Care Technician Acute Trauma Fulltime Days

Position Overview

Your job is more than a job. As a Certified Patient Care Tech (PCT) you’ve got that sixth sense of anticipating and answering the needs of your patients. You are part of a team, working under the direction of the Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Therapist, performing delegated patient care in a safe and efficient manner while completing necessary documentation and adhering to policies and procedures. You believe in kindness, respect, and empathy at your patient’s bedside – delivering care the way you would want for yourself and your loved ones. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and that “little something extra” all add up to make you a perfect fit for this hands-on, personal care nursing role.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform assigned priority technical procedures and maintain a safe environment for patients.
• Provide care services such as basic life support (CPR), activities of daily living (ADLs), restorative care, intake/output calculations, lifting, ambulating, transferring, positioning, vital sign monitoring, phlebotomy, dressing changes, and obtaining EKGs.
• Prepare patient rooms, document in the electronic medical record, clean unit equipment, and manage inventory for medical/office supplies as needed.
• Prioritize tasks and patient care activities based on the urgency of needs, available resources, and patient preferences.
• Report abnormal patient findings to the RN or other licensed healthcare providers and take appropriate actions to correct unsafe conditions.
• Provide rationale for actions or decisions based on logic, experience, intuition, and established policies/procedures.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to identify and implement improvements in patient care.
• Seek supervision or assistance when unable to perform tasks effectively or safely on your own.
• Initiate and maintain job-specific interventions to ensure continuity of safe and effective care.
• Delegate tasks to other team members for accomplishing direct patient care or support activities.
• Question delegated tasks from the RN or licensed healthcare provider when clarification is needed.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent with appropriate work experience.
• At least 1 year of clinical care experience; CNA or PCT experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.
• Certifications such as Certified Medical Assistant (MA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants, or Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) by the Louisiana State Department of Health.
• Certification as a Patient Care Technician, either as CPCT/A or PCT, by the National Health Careers Association.
• American Heart Association BLS certification.
• Non-Violent Crisis Prevention training (CPI, NCI-CPI) from the Crisis Prevention Institute.

Benefits & Perks

• Schedule: Days (United States of America)
• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all and think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you – because we do.