Patient Care Tech (PCT) Intermediate (Full Time/Days)

Texas Health Resources•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Dallas is hiring a full-time, day-shift Patient Care Tech for its 35-bed Intermediate Care H2N department in Dallas, Texas. The role works three 12-hour shifts per week, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., totaling 36 hours weekly, with rotating weekends and holiday requirements. The department cares for intermediate-care patients, including cardiac surgery patients, and works with a multidisciplinary team. Patient Care Techs provide basic patient care under nursing staff direction and help deliver an excellent patient healthcare experience. Duties may include feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, moving, transferring, or transporting patients, and changing linens. The role also supports patients’ activities of daily living, collects and reports patient data, assists with admissions, transfers, and discharges, performs technical procedures, documents care, and helps maintain a clean and safe patient environment. Texas Health Dallas is an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving the Dallas community since 1966. Its services include cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services, emergency medicine, neonatal intensive care, stroke care, bariatric surgery, wellness services, outpatient surgery, and women’s imaging.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
One of the following is required upon hire: Texas CNA or qualifying PCT training program; EMT-B or equivalent military medic/medical training; nursing student who has completed fundamentals or a foreign nurse degree program; or one year of applicable experience in lieu of an active and approved certification.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) is required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly.
CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) training is required within 90 days of hire.
Organizational skills to function in a fast-paced work environment, positive interpersonal skills, and good verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

PCT experience in an acute environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide basic patient care according to the plan of care and under the direction of nursing staff.
Collect patient data and identify and report significant findings to a nurse.
Assist with patient admission, transfer, and discharge.
Provide and revise activities of daily living based on patient and family preferences.
Perform technical procedures safely and proficiently.
Take action to reduce or eliminate patient risk.
Enter orders into computer or manual systems when applicable.
Document care accurately and appropriately.
Collaborate or consult with nurses to adapt care to the patient population and incorporate cultural and religious needs and beliefs.
Keep the patient environment clean and safe.
Anticipate and meet patient, family, and visitor needs, and round as appropriate.
Feed, bathe, dress, groom, move, transfer, or transport patients and change linens as needed.