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UPMC Hamot is hiring a Patient Care Technician to join the 4 Medical Respiratory Intermediate unit! If you’re passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!

Previous patient care experience required.

Schedule: Rotating days and nights, 20 hours per week (flexible options: two 8-hour shifts and one 4-hour shift, or one 12-hour shift and one 8-hour shift).

Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience.

Responsibilities:

• Provides patient care, assists with procedures and daily activities, physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies, and reports changes to the RN.

• Performs core nursing assistant tasks (blood glucose, weights, vital signs, I&O, specimen collections, Foley care) and at least four additional tasks (phlebotomy, 12-lead EKG, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, point of care testing, bladder scan, straight catheter, IV catheter removal).

• Reports equipment malfunctions, communicates effectively with other departments, and maintains professional relationships.

• Contributes to unit activities (responding to call lights, telephones, passing meal trays, transporting patients).

• Receives feedback, identifies learning needs, improves skills, and participates in self-review.

• Provides patient and family instruction under RN direction, applies/removes restraints per protocol.

• Communicates clearly with the healthcare team, understands cultural diversity, supports workplace safety, and maintains productive relationships.

• Adheres to patient care policies, complies with safety procedures, and documents in medical records.

• Suggests and supports departmental changes, assumes responsibility, and supports projects and quality initiatives.

• Performs core nursing assistant responsibilities (ADLs, point of care testing, weights, vital signs, I&O, telemetry monitor application, HAC & PSI prevention, simple dressings, restraints, bladder scan, specimen collections, ticket to ride).

• Achieves and maintains competency in advanced skills (phlebotomy/venipuncture, peripheral IV removal, Foley catheter removal, basic arrhythmia, 12-lead EKG, NG tubes clamping/removal).

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Must have either:

• 1 year of general healthcare experience.

• 6 months of experience as UPMC Nursing Assistant/CNA with PCT competency achieved within 120 days of hire/transfer/promotion.

• Enrollment in PT/OT/PA program or related healthcare training program with completion of at least one clinical rotation.

• Completion of a bachelor’s degree in a health sciences field.

• Successful completion of UPMC patient care technician class. Successful completion of basic information system training.

• Microcomputer experience preferred. Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic or currently enrolled in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred.

• Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

• ACLS preferred.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

If you would like to discuss this opportunity and more with a Recruiter for Hamot Nursing and Nursing Support, you can schedule an appointment to meet with us during our virtual office hours! We are available Mondays and Wednesdays 8AM-10AM, 12PM-2PM, 5PM-7PM. We are also available every first Saturday of the month by request, please email morrisonlm2@upmc.edu to request Saturdays.

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