Patient Care Technician - Emergency Department - Full-Time

Rochester Regional Health • Newark, NJ

1d • $19 - $21

About The Position

Rochester Regional's Patient Care Technician provides direct or indirect patient care in accordance with treatment plans determined and delegated by a licensed nurse. The role also assists with tasks necessary for the general management and organization of the patient care unit, remaining flexible to meet patient and unit needs. This position is in the Emergency Department at Newark Wayne Hospital and is scheduled for 36 hours per week, rotating days and nights, including every other weekend and holiday.

Requirements

• Minimum age of 18.
• Two years of experience in a Patient Care Technician role, or completion of Nursing Fundamentals or C.N.A. certification, or previous experience as a Medical Assistant, Medical Technician, or Technologist in a healthcare setting, or successful completion of a Patient Care Technician training program.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance to Patient Care Technicians, including scheduling and patient care deployment.
• Provides safe and competent care related to patients’ hygiene, skin integrity, nutritional needs, and elimination needs.
• Assists with patient admission, discharge, transfer, transport, and repositioning.
• Performs correct procedures for collecting and disposing of specimens and performs and records technical procedures as delegated.
• Observes, reports, and documents questionable patient conditions to the licensed nurse on duty.
• Ensures medical equipment is clean, maintained, and functional, and refers equipment for needed repairs.
• Monitors and maintains unit supply usage.
• Implements appropriate interventions to address patients’ mobility needs.
• Performs unit secretarial responsibilities and special projects.
• Schedules follow-up examinations and testing and may perform scrub duties in Surgical Services.
• Transports non-controlled medications securely between the pharmacy and unit, and between units when transporting patients, according to the designated process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed