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, following applicable regulations and organizational policies, procedures, and guidelines. The role is in the 5AC Stepdown department at St. Vincent Medical Center and is a collective bargaining unit position.

The PCT provides basic care and comfort, measures vital signs, assists with personal care and hygiene, and supports patient mobility and other unit-based specialty duties. The role includes communicating patient changes and concerns to nurses, delivering customer service to patients and visitors, documenting care accurately and promptly, and sharing pertinent information during hand-offs. The PCT performs delegated tasks after competency validation, uses safe therapeutic transfer techniques, encourages patients’ independence, and individualizes care based on patients’ interests and hobbies.

Requirements

• Recent experience in acute care, a physician’s office, home health or hospice, or a long-term care facility is preferred, particularly in the setting where the applicant is applying.
• 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 fall prevention, skin breakdown, suicide prevention, and environment of care.
• Understand and demonstrate infection prevention and transmission-based precautions.
• Understand clerical duties and office-based technology.
• Work effectively 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 to care activities.
• Be accountable for completing assigned tasks.
• Escalate concerns through the chain of command.

Nice To Haves

• Recent experience in the setting in which the applicant is applying.
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care, including comfort, vital sign measurement, personal care and hygiene, and assistance with mobility and unit-based specialty duties.
• Act as a liaison between patients and nurses by reporting changes and concerns.
• Provide high-level customer service to patients, patients’ families, visitors, and employees.
• Document patient care accurately, precisely, and promptly when applicable.
• Participate in hand-off and reporting of pertinent patient and departmental information upon arrival and departure.
• Perform delegated tasks after competency has been validated.
• Mobilize patients using therapeutic transfer techniques that promote independence and safety.
• 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: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed