Patient Care Technician - Specialist - Perianesthesia - UPMC Community Osteopathic

UPMC•Harrisburg, PA

2h•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC is hiring a Patient Care Technician - Specialist for the Perianesthesia team at its Community Osteopathic campus in Harrisburg. This is a casual, as-needed position with day and evening shifts. The Patient Care Technician - Specialist supports nurses and other healthcare providers by assisting with clinical and personal care tasks, including monitoring vital signs, helping patients with activities of daily living, collecting specimens, and maintaining a clean and safe patient environment. The role requires compassion, strong communication, patient-centered care, and adherence to healthcare protocols and safety standards. The specialist must complete the standard patient care technician competencies and achieve and maintain competency in, or perform at least one of, these advanced skills based on department operational need: basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12-lead EKG, or nasogastric tube clamping and removal. The position also includes patient and family instruction under RN direction, documentation, transport of cardiac-monitored patients, and departmental clerical work as needed.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Meet one of the following experience and education pathways: two years of general healthcare experience and meet the requirements of the Patient Care Technician - Senior title; or one year of qualifying experience and enrollment in a PT, OT, or PA program with at least one clinical rotation completed; or one year of qualifying experience and a completed bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.
Complete an annual professional contribution, with details determined after hire.
Successfully complete the Patient Care Technician Specialist class.
Successfully complete eRecord training.
Complete CPR within 30 days of hire; CPR must meet AHA standards and include didactic instruction and a skills demonstration component.
Maintain required clearances and renewals: Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting, Act 33, Act 34, and Act 73 FBI Clearance.
May be required to successfully complete the appropriate UPMC cardiac rhythm course, as determined by organizational guidelines and unit-based clinical operations.

Nice To Haves

Nursing student who has completed one clinical rotation.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic qualification, or current enrollment in an EMT or Paramedic program.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS).

Responsibilities

Demonstrate understanding of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions, and support workplace safety for patients and colleagues.
Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department.
Contribute to universal unit activities, including responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients.
Perform patient care technician duties, including bathing, feeding, toileting, ambulating, transporting, turning, and repositioning patients.
Perform point-of-care testing, including blood glucose testing; obtain weights and vital signs; measure intake and output; apply or reapply telemetry monitors; and assist with HAC and PSI prevention, including TEDs and SCDs.
Complete simple dressings; apply and remove restraints according to physician or hospital protocol; perform bladder scans; and collect specimens.
Perform IV catheter removal and insertion, Foley catheter removal and insertion, straight catheterization, phlebotomy, and ticket-to-ride procedures, after achieving required competencies.
Achieve and maintain competency in, or perform at least one advanced skill as operationally needed: basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12-lead EKG, or NG tube clamping and removal.
Provide instruction to patients and their families under the direction of the RN.
Identify and communicate learning needs to the unit director or direct leader, and request assistance with planning and prioritizing activities as needed.
Take responsibility for assigned work, contribute to department projects and quality initiatives, and document in the medical record according to established procedures.
Transport cardiac-monitored patients within the hospital setting.
Perform department clerical functions as needed.
Transport medications between departments when required as part of patient transport duties; medication transportation is limited to movement from one department to another.