What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Technician - Cardiac Neuro (PCT) - Midtown position at Deaconess Hospital, Inc.?
Campus: Deaconess Midtown
Unit: Cardiac Neuro
Shift: Part Time Days
Benefits:
We pride ourselves on retaining our top talent by offering work environments that support professional development and personal success.
- Flexible work schedules
- Free access to fitness centers, where health coaches are available to help with workout plans
- Payactiv- Earned wage benefit- Work today, get paid tomorrow
- Career advancement opportunities
- Competitive pay with shift and weekend incentives
Job Overview:
As a Patient Care Technician (PCT), you’ll work closely with nurses to provide hands-on care and support to patients. Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Assisting with personal hygiene, including bathing, brushing teeth, toileting, and changing linens
- Helping patients with mobility, repositioning, and transfers
- Monitoring and recording vital signs
- Documenting important information in patient charts
- Providing compassionate care, including support for patients nearing the end of life
This role involves exposure to bodily fluids and dynamic and sensitive situations. If you’re compassionate, resilient, and detail-oriented, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring quality care and making a real difference in our patients' lives.
Unit Description:
The Midtown Cardiac Neuro unit is a 19-bed unit specializing in the care of the Cardiac, Neuro, and ICU Stepdown patient. It is a blended scope unit with 8 beds designated for stepdown. This unit cares for complex medical surgical patients, cardiac patients, stroke patients, sepsis and other diagnoses including patients requiring close monitoring. Our patient population offers a great variety of learning opportunities related to cardiac rhythms and EKG’s, medication drips with titration, bedside cardioversions, and NIH stroke scale. We welcome new and experienced staff and enjoy teaching. We have an organized and structured orientation process with frequent check-ins from our leadership team. We promote a healthy work environment and have an active unit based shared governance. Teamwork is a priority on our busy unit as we strive to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients.
Required: Certifications/Licenses/Education:
- Basic Life Support: Health Care Provider, within six months of hire.
- Completion of a high school education or equivalent (GED) preferred
- Successfully complete PCT classes as required by care center/unit.
Other Key Words: Entry-Level, Patient Care Technician, No Experience Required, Paid Training Provided, On-the-Job Training, Career Growth, CNA, PCT, Cardiac, Neuro
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