Patient Care Tech (PCT) - 5AC Stepdown - St. Vincent Medical Center

Mercy Health • Toledo, OH

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About The Position

The Patient Care Tech (PCT) provides direct patient care under the guidance of a Registered Nurse or designated health care professional, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations and the organization’s policies, procedures, and guidelines. This position is in the 5AC Stepdown department at St. Vincent Medical Center and is scheduled for 24 hours per week on the night shift. It is a collective bargaining unit position.

The role provides basic patient care and comfort, including measuring vital signs, personal care and hygiene, and assisting with mobility. The PCT communicates patient changes or concerns to the nurse, documents care accurately and promptly when applicable, participates in handoffs, and performs delegated tasks after competency validation. Care should promote safety, independence, and patients’ individual interests and hobbies.

Mercy Health describes its mission as providing care and support to patients and communities. Benefits may vary by market and employment status; the posting lists compensation, insurance, leave, care, education, and professional development offerings, some of which are subject to eligibility.

Requirements

• Clearly communicate with other members of the healthcare team.
• Understand and follow directions from the healthcare team.
• Know patient and healthcare safety standards and regulations, including falls, skin breakdown, suicide prevention, and environment of care.
• Demonstrate knowledge of infection prevention and transmission-based precautions.
• Understand clerical duties and office-based technology.
• Work as part of a team.
• Collect and document patient data, including vital signs, intake and output, and changes in patient condition.
• Provide basic hygiene and activities-of-daily-living care.
• Assist with feeding, hydration, and nutrition.
• Assist with bowel and bladder elimination.
• Assist with ambulation and patient mobility.
• Use clinical technology.
• Use a compassionate, relationship-based approach in care activities.
• Be accountable for completing assigned tasks.
• Escalate concerns through the chain of command.

Nice To Haves

• Recent experience in acute care, a physician’s office, home health or hospice, or a long-term care facility; experience in the setting to which the candidate is applying is preferred.
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care, comfort, personal care, and hygiene, and measure vital signs.
• Assist patients with mobility, including unit-based specialty duties, using therapeutic transfer techniques that promote independence and safety.
• Communicate patient changes and concerns to the nurse.
• Provide high-level customer service to patients, families, visitors, and employees.
• Document patient care accurately, precisely, and promptly when applicable.
• Participate in handoffs and report pertinent patient and departmental information when arriving and leaving.
• Perform delegated tasks after competency has been validated.
• Encourage patients to complete tasks as independently as possible.
• Individualize care based on patients’ interests and hobbies.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and a 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources, and discounts.
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, and backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed