Patient Care Technician-Senior - Casual - Resource Pool - Lititz

UPMC•Lititz, PA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician-Senior provides patient care and supports nursing and unit operations. The role requires routine competence in UPMC nursing core assistant responsibilities, including activities of daily living, point-of-care testing, blood glucose testing, weights, vital signs, intake and output, telemetry monitor application and reapplication, specimen collection, Foley care, patient safety indicators, and intra-hospital transportation. The technician also performs tasks such as simple dressings, restraint placement and removal, and bladder scans, and maintains competency in at least one or more advanced skills based on departmental need, such as basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12-lead EKGs, or NG tube clamping and removal. The position supports patients with procedures and daily activities, assists with physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies, reports patient status changes and care feedback to the RN, and provides patient and family instruction under RN direction. Other duties include transporting cardiac-monitored patients, completing clerical functions, documenting care, reporting equipment malfunctions, and contributing to universal unit activities and department projects. Medication transportation, if required, is limited to moving medication from one department to another. This is a casual/per-diem role requiring 36 hours over a six-week period. Shifts are variable and may include day, evening, or night shifts. Title and starting pay rate may vary based on years of experience.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Either two years of general healthcare experience and meeting the requirements for the Patient Care Technician title; or one year of qualifying experience and enrollment in a PT/OT/PA program with at least one completed clinical rotation; or one year of qualifying experience and a completed bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.
Successful completion of the Patient Care Technician Senior class.
Successful completion of eRecord training.
Annual completion of a professional contribution, to be determined after hire.
CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic instruction and skills demonstration, within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting clearance, with renewal.
Act 33 clearance, with renewal.
Act 34 clearance, with renewal.
Act 73 FBI clearance, with renewal.

Nice To Haves

Nursing student who has completed one clinical rotation.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic certification, or current enrollment in an EMT or Paramedic program.
ACLS certification.
Successful completion of the appropriate UPMC cardiac rhythm course may be required based on organizational guidelines and unit-based clinical operations.

Responsibilities

Suggest and support departmental changes, take responsibility for assignments, and support department projects and quality initiatives.
Receive feedback and direction constructively; identify learning needs, improve skills and performance, seek assistance with prioritization, participate in self-review, and take part in projects and committees.
Follow patient-care and hospital information policies and procedures, comply with safety practices and standard precautions, and document in the medical record according to established procedures.
Complete assigned work in a timely and productive manner and perform department clerical functions as needed.
Transport cardiac-monitored patients within the hospital and contribute to universal unit activities, including responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients.
Perform core nursing assistant duties, including activities of daily living, blood glucose testing, weights, vital signs, intake and output, telemetry monitor application or reapplication, specimen collection, Foley care, and patient transportation.
Perform required or assigned clinical tasks, which may include phlebotomy, 12-lead EKGs, simple dressings, Foley catheter removal, point-of-care testing, bladder scans, straight catheterization, IV catheter removal or insertion, femoral hemostasis, and restraint placement, monitoring, or removal.
Assist with patient procedures and activities of daily living, and assist with physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies.
Provide feedback to the RN about patient care and report changes in patient status.
Provide instruction to patients and families under the direction of the RN.
Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department and communicate effectively with other departments and members of the healthcare team.
Maintain professional and respectful relationships and contribute to a safe workplace, demonstrating accountability, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
May insert Foley catheters or perform straight catheterization as instructed by an RN; may perform IV insertion, removal, and dressing changes.
Maintain competency in at least one or more advanced skills based on department operational need, such as basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12-lead EKGs, or NG tube clamping and removal.
May transport medication between departments when transporting patients; medication transportation is limited to that transfer.