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

Bon Secours Mercy Health • Toledo, OH

3d • Onsite

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 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 a collective bargaining unit position.

The PCT provides basic care and comfort, measures vital signs, assists with personal care, hygiene, feeding, hydration, nutrition, elimination, ambulation, and mobility, and performs unit-based specialty duties. The role communicates patient changes and concerns to nurses, documents care accurately and promptly when applicable, and shares pertinent patient and departmental information during handoffs. The PCT performs delegated tasks after competency has been validated, uses therapeutic transfer techniques to promote safety and independence, and individualizes care to patients’ interests and abilities.

The position is scheduled for 36 hours per week on the night shift. Mercy Health describes benefits that may vary by market and employment status, including compensation and well-being, leave, insurance, and professional development offerings.

Requirements

• Ability to clearly communicate with other members of the healthcare team.
• Ability to understand and follow directions from the healthcare team.
• Knowledge of patient and healthcare safety standards and regulations, including fall prevention, skin breakdown, suicide prevention, and environment of care.
• Knowledge and demonstration of infection prevention and transmission-based precautions.
• Understanding of clerical duties and office-based technology.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to provide basic hygiene and activities-of-daily-living care.
• Ability to assist with feeding, hydration, nutrition, bowel and bladder elimination, ambulation, and patient mobility.
• Ability to use clinical technology.
• Compassionate, relationship-based approach to care.
• Accountability for completing assigned tasks.
• Ability to 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 where the applicant is applying is preferred.
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care, comfort, personal care, and hygiene, including unit-based specialty duties.
• Measure vital signs and collect and document patient data, including intake and output and changes in patient condition.
• Assist patients with feeding, hydration, nutrition, bowel and bladder elimination, ambulation, and mobility.
• Use therapeutic transfer techniques that foster patient independence and safety.
• Communicate patient changes and concerns to the nurse and act as a liaison between patients and nurses.
• Provide high-level customer service to patients, patients’ families, visitors, and employees.
• Document patient care accurately, precisely, and promptly when applicable.
• Participate in handoffs and report pertinent information about patient and departmental needs when arriving and leaving.
• Perform delegated tasks after competency has been validated.
• Encourage patients to complete tasks as independently as possible and individualize care based on their 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