Patient Care Technician (PCT) – Mom Baby Unit (Postpartum) – St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital

Mercy Health BSMH • Boardman, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

A Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides basic health care and support to patients under the guidance of a Registered Nurse or designated healthcare professional. The role includes cleaning and sanitizing patient rooms, monitoring patients’ health and vital signs, and helping with basic needs such as feeding and grooming. The position is with the Mom Baby Unit (Postpartum) at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital.

The PCT provides care and comfort, personal care and hygiene, mobility assistance, and unit-based specialty duties. The technician communicates patient changes and concerns to nurses, documents care accurately and promptly when applicable, shares pertinent information during hand-offs, and performs delegated tasks after competency is validated. The role also uses therapeutic transfer techniques to support safe movement and patient independence, and individualizes care based on patients’ interests and hobbies.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a nursing aide training program; or successful passage of STNA state testing (required if OH LTC); or CNA certification; or state nurse aide testing; or completion of a nursing program that included one clinical nursing course and one clinical rotation; or one year of relevant clinical-setting experience.
• Problem-solving skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to engage professionally with staff and patients.
• Ability to be proactive in a rapidly changing environment.
• BLS Basic Life Support certification must be obtained from an approved source before providing direct patient care.

Nice To Haves

• BLS Basic Life Support certification upon hire.
• Recent experience in acute care, a physician’s office, home health or hospice, or a long-term care facility, preferably in the setting where the applicant is applying.
• EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care, including care and comfort, vital-sign measurement, personal care and hygiene, mobility assistance, and unit-based specialty duties.
• Act as a liaison between patients and nurses by reporting changes or concerns.
• Provide customer service to patients, patients’ families, visitors, and employees.
• Document patient care accurately, precisely, and promptly when applicable.
• Participate in hand-offs and report pertinent information about patient and departmental needs when arriving and leaving.
• Perform delegated tasks after competency has been validated.
• Mobilize patients using therapeutic transfer techniques that promote independence and safety.
• Encourage patients to complete tasks as independently as possible.
• Individualize care based on patients’ interests and hobbies.
• Sanitize and clean patients’ rooms, monitor health and vital signs, and assist with basic needs such as feeding and grooming.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, and referral bonuses.
• 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• HSA/FSA options.
• Life insurance.
• Mental health resources and discounts.
• Paid time off.
• Parental and FMLA leave.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance.
• Professional development and continuing education support. Benefits may vary based on market and employment status.

What This Job Offers

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