Patient Care Technician (Oncology)

CentraState Healthcare System • Freehold, NJ

1d • $20 - $31 • Onsite

About The Position

CentraState Healthcare System is hiring a Patient Care Technician for Oncology 3 East at CentraState Medical Center. The unit cares for oncology and hospice patients, including patients receiving chemotherapy, and works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. The position provides direct technical support to licensed professionals by assisting with essential patient care tasks in accordance with Joint Commission standards and CentraState policies. Care is delivered within a patient-centered model emphasizing quality, safety, and compassion.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of nursing assistant healthcare experience, or successful completion of an approved CNA or PCT training course, or current enrollment in a degreed nursing program with an introductory nursing course such as Nursing 101 completed, or completion of a semester of a school-sponsored clinical rotation in an acute setting.
• CPR certification.
• Strong professional, organizational, and interpersonal skills to effectively relate with all members of the healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Provide considerate, respectful care focused on each patient's individual needs and satisfaction.
• Respect patients' rights to make decisions about their medical care, including discontinuing treatment to the extent permitted by law.
• Obtain and interpret information in relation to the ages and care needs of patients; complete life-span education as appropriate.
• Complete scheduled and assigned tasks while continually observing patient needs.
• Check the exterior of the code cart each shift.
• Understand and perform 1:1 precautions and document appropriately.
• Float between units as a PCT and provide 1:1 patient observation when needed.
• Answer patient call lights in a timely manner.
• Provide basic nursing care and personal hygiene, including bathing, feeding, diversional activities, and assistance with activities of daily living.
• Make occupied and unoccupied beds correctly.
• Assist patients with elimination needs while maintaining privacy and dignity.
• Perform tasks to maintain patient mobility.
• Perform simple wound care and ostomy care.
• Empty drainage bags and maintain accurate intake and output documentation.
• Perform incentive spirometry and pulse oximetry.
• Collect and label specimens accurately.
• Set up and maintain oxygen equipment for the Emergency Department.
• Maintain feeding tubes.
• Collect and document patient data, including vital signs, intake and output, specimens, height, and weight, using learned technical skills under RN direction.
• Obtain and document temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressure.
• Collect blood specimens through venipuncture and/or capillary finger stick.
• Perform bedside glucose monitoring, calibrate Accucheck, and enter data.
• Retrieve blood from the Blood Bank.
• Perform post-mortem care.
• Notify the nurse immediately of patient complaints of pain or discomfort and observed changes in condition; provide nurse-directed pain interventions and report outcomes.
• Follow CentraState policy for restraint application, documentation, and observation.
• Perform electrocardiograms.
• Perform rounding according to guidelines.
• Report patient intake and output to the nurse.
• Use equipment, supplies, and other resources efficiently to support cost containment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage for team members working 30 hours per week or above.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Long-term disability, with options to supplement.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• 401(a) retirement plan with employer contribution.
• PTO.
• Tuition reimbursement and tuition assistance.
• Well-Being Rewards.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Fertility coverage and Healthy Pregnancy Program.
• Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
• Pet, home and auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.
• Growth opportunities and workforce development initiatives.
• Continuing education and onsite training.
• Concierge services with work and family benefits.
• Work/life balance initiatives and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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