Patient Care Assistant - Patient Placement and Transfer Center

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • Rio Rancho, NM

2d • $16 - $22 • Onsite

About The Position

Presbyterian Rust Medical Center's Patient Placement and Transfer Center is hiring a Patient Care Assistant to transport patients between clinical and non-clinical departments and nursing units. The role transports patients for admissions, surgical and procedural services, inter-unit transfers, and discharge. It also provides observation and companionship to appropriate hospitalized patients, assists with basic activities of daily living as directed, and supports nursing department operations by helping ensure supplies and transport equipment are available.

The Patient Care Assistant follows departmental policies and assigned transport priorities, maintains medical therapies and equipment during transport, communicates patient activity to Presbyterian Care Connection through the bed tracking system, and collaborates with care teams to support patient flow. The position also provides patient safety monitoring, assists with mobility and ambulation for transport, delivers specimens and imaging materials, performs basic clerical work, and participates in required education and meetings. This is a full-time, non-exempt role with varied days and hours.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Less than one year of experience in a hospital setting and patient transport.
• BLS certification required at time of hire.
• Complete on-the-job training and competency verification to perform primary functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain established departmental policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Maintain established medical therapies, including oxygen, IVs, restraints, catheters, and isolation precautions, during transport; immediately notify nursing staff if medical equipment alarms.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, healthcare team members, and Presbyterian Care Connection (PCC).
• 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 or from locations outside the facility.
• Use the bed tracking system to notify PCC of patient activity and work with PCC on patient flow and movement through the facility.
• Gather monitors and other essential transport equipment; 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.
• Adapt to organizational upgrades and 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 educational programs, in-service meetings, and departmental meetings as required.
• Function as an effective team member in a highly physical role.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Tuition and certification reimbursement.
• Scholarship opportunities.
• Staff Safety wearable badge for nurses to discreetly call for help when safety is a concern.
• Shift differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and certain lead roles, for eligible positions.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED