Pending PCPatient Care Assistant-ABQ

Presbyterian System Services • Albuquerque, NM

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Assistant transports patients between clinical and non-clinical departments and nursing units. The role supports admissions, surgical and procedural services, inter-unit transfers, and discharges. It also provides observation and companionship to appropriate hospitalized patients, assists with basic activities of daily living as appropriate and directed, and provides general support for nursing department operations, including ensuring transport-related supplies and equipment are available.

This is a PRN position with varied days and hours. The role receives on-the-job training and competency verification. It requires effective communication with patients, families, healthcare team members, and Presbyterian Care Connection, while maintaining confidentiality and following established departmental policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Less than one year of experience in a hospital setting and patient transport.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Ability to complete on-the-job training and competency verification for primary functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain established departmental policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Maintain established medical therapies—including oxygen, IVs, restraints, catheters, and isolation precautions—during transport, and immediately notify nursing staff if medical equipment alarms.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, healthcare team members, and Presbyterian Care Connection.
• Retrieve, store, and transport oxygen cylinders according to hospital policy.
• Follow assigned priorities for admissions, discharges, surgical and procedural services, and transfers, using the appropriate transport mode, including wheelchairs, stretchers or gurneys, beds, and bariatric beds.
• Assist with patient transfers between hospital units and to locations outside the facility.
• Use automated processes in the bed tracking system to notify Presbyterian Care Connection of patient activity and coordinate patient flow and facility movement.
• Gather monitors and other essential transport equipment from within the facility to ensure availability.
• Deliver malfunctioning equipment to Maintenance for repair.
• Provide safety and security monitoring for assigned patients; alert nursing staff to changes in patient condition as directed and respond to patient call lights as needed.
• Assist with patient mobility and ambulation for transport purposes.
• Assist with organizational upgrades and adapt to facility changes.
• Maintain confidentiality of healthcare information.
• Deliver specimens between Laboratory, Pathology, and inpatient units; transport X-rays and equipment.
• Perform basic clerical duties, including answering phones, printing and handling transport paperwork, and taking messages.
• Participate in required educational programs, in-service meetings, and departmental meetings.
• Function effectively as a team member in a highly physical role.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Staff Safety wearable badge for discreetly calling for help when safety is a concern.
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and eligible lead roles.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.
• EPIC electronic charting system.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED