Patient Care Technician (PCT) - Inpatient Renal/Dialysis - Wage

UVA Health • Charlottesville, VA

1d • $15 - $23 • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides direct, age-specific care to a patient or group of patients based on medical orders and plan of care under the direction of area leadership, RN or licensed independent practitioner. This role involves providing safe and direct care to patients in their assigned work location, making appropriate age adjustments as needed, and monitoring patients’ conditions while providing updates to the health care team. The PCT will provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene, and safety needs, in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and UVA Health Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure. Additionally, the PCT ensures the assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment, and maintains supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments, and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes. The role contributes to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, observing safety goals, and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager, and/or Registered Nurses. The PCT is responsible for identifying and reporting physical and mental responses posing harm to the Registered Nurse, and for obtaining and recording initial and ongoing patient information throughout the plan of care, including admissions as outlined by UVA Health policy. The PCT will also obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests, and attend all mandatory in-services and training. Ensuring patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department, or unit patient safety initiatives is crucial. The role requires demonstrating ASPIRE Values in all human interactions and demonstrating teamwork in the delivery of patient care, recognizing the importance of time-sensitive issues. Other duties may be assigned in addition to the above job responsibilities.

Requirements

• High School Graduate or Equivalent
• No experience required
• American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS Certification required.
• Certified Nursing Assistant in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Emergency Medical Technician in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Military Corpsmen/Medic (Combat Medic Specialist /Tactical Combat Casualty Care /Tactical Paramedic) NREMT certification or Tactical Responder Certification
• LPN license in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Graduate of a certified nursing program
• Currently enrolled student nurses who have successfully completed the Clinical Experience and Didactic

Nice To Haves

• Patient Care Technician Certification, preferred National Center of Competency Testing
• For Non-Certified team members hired prior to May 11, 2026, certification is not required, as relevant experience will be accepted in its place.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and direct care to patients in their assigned work location making appropriate age adjustments as needed.
• Monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the health care team.
• Provide direct and indirect care to patients with and without medical/surgical complications to meet their comfort, personal hygiene and safety needs.
• Provide care in accordance with nursing and medical plans of care and deliver per UVA Health Nursing and Hospital policy and procedure.
• Ensure assigned clinical location is maintained as a safe, clean, stocked environment to facilitate meeting patient needs.
• Maintain supplies, educational material, equipment, sterilization of supplies, instruments and the environment to promote quality, safe patient care outcomes (as applicable).
• Contribute to the patient experience by accurately identifying the patient, by observing safety goals and reporting to a licensed independent practitioner, manager and/or Registered Nurses.
• Identifying and reporting physical and mental responses posing harm to the Registered Nurse.
• Obtain and record initial and ongoing patient information throughout the plan of care, including admissions as outlined by UVA Health policy.
• Obtain or assist in the collection of specimens for diagnostic or waived tests.
• Attend all mandatory in-services and training.
• Ensure patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
• Demonstrate ASPIRE Values in all human interactions.
• Demonstrates teamwork in the delivery of patient care.
• Recognizes the importance of time sensitive issues.

Benefits

• The pay range for this role is $15.07 - $23.36 hourly. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED