Oncology: FT 7p-7a

Firelands Health Careers•Sandusky, OH

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Tech 3T/Med-Surg/Oncology position is a full-time role working 7p-7a. This role offers a supportive work-life balance, alternating every third weekend. The position is located in Sandusky, a town voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”, offering a lifestyle opportunity to enjoy living and working in a growing area along the shores of Lake Erie. Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care, locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility serving over 300,000 residents across four counties. Their mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives they serve, guided by Core ACE Values: Attitude, Commitment, and Enthusiasm.

Requirements

Previous hospital experience preferred.
Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Current BLS certification required or obtained within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

Assists with delivering patient care: obtain patient vital signs, assist with feeding, toileting, hygiene care, finger-stick blood sugar readings, maintain skin integrity, perform EKGs, and ambulate and transfer patients.
Perform routine procedures including surgical skin preps and enemas.
Schedules diagnostic procedures/tests/appointments, effectively communicating and co-coordinating orders with Physicians, Charge Nurses, direct care givers, ancillary departments, and other facilities.
Answers call lights timely and notifies appropriate personnel of patient needs immediately.
Demonstrates service excellence and strives to assist the unit to meet established goals for our patient satisfaction.
Recognizes significant changes in patient’s condition and takes appropriate action.
Collect data, report information and/or perform interventions for the purpose of improving a variety of quality issues.
Obtain patient information/data and observes confidentiality.
Orders and enters charges for procedures, supplies, equipment as applicable.
Reports problems or concerns to the appropriate person or department and will assist in the resolution whenever possible.
Must be flexible, maintain adaptability, and be a team player.
Positive professional communication skills and guest relations; projects a positive impression of the Medical Center.
Perform VS, height, weight, and visual acuity in triage.
Assist with sterile field set up for suturing and procedures.
May perform other patient care activities as trained and directed by the RN.