PATIENT CARE TECH - CTU

Premier Health • Middletown, OH

19d

About The Position

The Patient Care Tech works in the Cardiac Telemetry Unit at Atrium Medical Center, collaborating with nurses and doctors to provide personalized patient care. The role includes checking vital signs, assisting patients with mobility and activities of daily living, helping them dress and eat, collecting samples such as urine, and reporting changes in patient condition to a nurse. Additional tasks include walking patients, weighing them, and taking vital signs. The position works under a nurse’s supervision to ensure tasks are performed safely and correctly. The role may also include Patient Care Technician/Unit Clerk duties, assisting with paperwork and other tasks that support hospital operations and patient care.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• BLS CPR certificate is required before starting, but it may be completed during orientation.
• No previous job experience is required, but candidates must meet at least one of these qualifications: completed STNA, CNA, or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training; provided patient care within the past five years, such as taking temperatures, bathing, or assisting with restroom use; or be enrolled in nursing school and have completed one clinical rotation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and interruptions while remaining courteous.
• Computer skills.
• Organizational skills.
• Good communication and listening skills.

Nice To Haves

• Previous hospital experience.

Responsibilities

• Check patients’ vital signs, including temperature, heartbeat, and breathing.
• Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat.
• Collect samples such as urine.
• Report changes in a patient’s condition to a nurse.
• Walk patients and assist with activities of daily living.
• Weigh patients.
• Assist with paperwork and other tasks that support hospital operations, when performing unit clerk duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: High school or GED