PCT - 2 South - FT Day Shift

Rochester Regional Health•Village of Newark, NY

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Rochester Regional's Senior Patient Care Technician provides direct or indirect patient care in accordance with treatment plans as determined and delegated by a licensed nurse. This role assists with tasks necessary for the general management and organization of the patient care unit, requiring flexibility to meet patient and/or unit needs. The position is for the Med/Surg - 2 South Department at Newark Wayne Hospital, with 36 hours per week on a day shift schedule (6am-6pm).

Requirements

Minimum age requirement: 18
2 years experience in Patient Care Technician role OR Completion of Nursing Fundamentals or C.N.A certification OR Previous experience as a Medical Assistant, Medical Technician, or Technologist in a healthcare setting, or successful completion of a Patient Care Technician training program.

Responsibilities

Provides guidance to Patient Care Technicians including but not limited to scheduling, patient care deployment.
Employ safe and competent care for patients with relationship to the patient’s hygiene, skin integrity, nutritional and elimination needs.
Assist with the admission, discharge, transfer, transport and repositioning of patients.
Perform correct procedures in the collection and disposition of specimens.
Perform and record technical procedures as delegated.
Observe, report, and document questionable patient conditions to the licensed nurse on duty.
Ensure medical equipment is clean, maintained and functional and refers equipment for needed repairs.
Monitors and maintains unit supply usage.
Implements appropriate interventions to address the mobility needs of the patient.
Unit secretarial responsibilities and special projects
Scheduling follow up examinations, testing and in Surgical Services, possible scrub duties
Secure transport of non-controlled medications from pharmacy to unit and from unit-to-unit when transporting patients in accordance with designated process.