Patient Care Technician - Senior, 3 M Acute Care

UPMC•McKeesport, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC McKeesport is hiring a casual Patient Care Technician - Senior to support its 3 M Acute Care Unit. The role provides direct patient care, supports nursing staff, performs core nursing assistant duties and designated advanced clinical tasks, and contributes to unit operations, safety, and quality initiatives. The technician assists patients with activities of daily living and procedures, supports physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies, reports changes in patient status to the RN, and provides patient and family instruction under RN direction. The role also includes transporting cardiac-monitored patients, documenting care, communicating with other departments, and completing clerical and universal unit duties. The position requires competency in UPMC nursing core assistant responsibilities and specified clinical skills. In addition to required competencies, the Senior technician must achieve and maintain competency in, or perform, at least one advanced skill based on departmental operational needs. The role may involve entering rooms where medications are stored or transporting medications between departments while transporting patients.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Either two years of general healthcare experience and qualification for the Patient Care Technician title; one year of that experience plus enrollment in a PT, OT, or PA program and completion of at least one clinical rotation; or one year of that experience plus a bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.
Complete an annual professional contribution, with the specific contribution determined after hire.
Successfully complete the Patient Care Technician Senior class.
Successfully complete eRecord training.
Complete CPR based on AHA standards, including didactic instruction and a skills demonstration, within 30 days of hire.
Hold Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and meet Act 34 clearance requirements.
Routinely perform and maintain competence in UPMC nursing core assistant responsibilities and the specified patient-care competencies.
Achieve and maintain competency in, or perform, at least one or more advanced skills based on departmental operational needs.

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.
ACLS.
Successful completion of the appropriate UPMC cardiac rhythm course, if required by organizational guidelines and unit-based clinical operations.

Responsibilities

Suggest and support changes within the department, take responsibility for assignments, and support department projects and quality initiatives.
Receive feedback constructively, identify and communicate learning needs, take steps to improve skills and performance, and request assistance with planning and prioritizing activities.
Participate in self-review when requested and take part in project and committee work.
Follow patient-care and hospital-information policies, comply with safety policies 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 patient transportation activities.
Provide nursing core assistant care, including activities of daily living such as bathing, feeding, toileting, ambulating, turning, repositioning, and transporting patients.
Perform or support blood glucose and other point-of-care testing, weights, vital signs, intake and output, telemetry monitor application or reapplication, specimen collection, Foley care, and other assigned competencies.
Provide patient care and assist with procedures and activities of daily living; assist with physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies.
Give the RN feedback about patient care and report changes in patient status.
Provide instruction to patients and families under the direction of the RN.
Apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints as permitted by physician or hospital protocol.
Perform designated advanced or additional tasks as trained and authorized, which may include phlebotomy, EKGs, simple dressings, Foley or straight catheter procedures, bladder scanning, IV catheter tasks, femoral hemostasis, complex wound care, or NG tube clamping and removal.
Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department and establish effective communication and professional relationships with colleagues.
Contribute to universal unit activities, including responding to call lights and telephones and passing meal trays.
Communicate clearly and effectively with the health care team; demonstrate understanding of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions.
Support safety for patients and self and maintain productive working relationships through accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.