Patient Care Technician - Nights - Resource Pool - UPMC Community Osteopathic

UPMC•Harrisburg, PA

About The Position

UPMC Community Osteopathic is hiring a Patient Care Technician for its Resource Pool. This is a full-time position of 36 hours per week year-round on the night shift, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The role requires working every third weekend and one major and one minor holiday per year. Resource Pool employees receive a 10.25% differential included in the hourly rate, and the department offers flexible scheduling with a variety of shift times. Title and starting pay rate may vary based on experience. The Patient Care Technician performs a range of patient-care duties, including assisting with procedures and activities of daily living (ADLs), documenting care in the medical record, and reporting equipment malfunctions. The role also supports unit operations, such as responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients. The technician communicates with patients, families, colleagues, and other departments; provides feedback to the RN and reports changes in patient status; and gives patients and families instruction under RN direction. The position includes core nursing assistant duties and point-of-care testing, along with additional competencies such as vital signs, weights, intake and output, telemetry monitor application or reapplication, prevention measures, simple dressings, restraint placement and removal, 12-lead EKGs, bladder scans, and specimen collection. Depending on department needs, the technician must achieve and maintain competency in at least one advanced skill, such as peripheral IV removal, indwelling Foley catheter removal, basic arrhythmia skills, or NG tube clamping and removal. The technician must follow patient-care, safety, and confidentiality policies and procedures.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least one of the following: one year of general healthcare experience; enrollment in a PT, OT, PA, or RN program or related healthcare training program with at least one clinical rotation completed; or completion of a bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.
Successful completion of the UPMC Patient Care Technician class.
Successful completion of basic information system training.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
CPR certification based on AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting clearance with renewal.
Act 33 clearance with renewal.
Act 34 clearance with renewal.
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.
Access to medications is limited to distributing medication to the nurse.
Availability for night shift, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., every third weekend, and one major and one minor holiday per year.

Nice To Haves

Microcomputer experience preferred.
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic credential, or current enrollment in an EMT or Paramedic program, preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist with patient procedures and activities of daily living, including bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning, and repositioning patients.
Assist with physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies.
Complete medical record documentation according to established procedures and perform department clerical functions as needed.
Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department and communicate effectively with other departments.
Support universal unit activities, including responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients.
Communicate with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team; provide feedback to the RN and report changes in patient status.
Provide instruction to patients and families under the direction of the RN.
Apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints according to physician or hospital protocol.
Perform nursing assistant responsibilities and assigned competencies, including point-of-care testing, blood glucose testing, weights, vital signs, intake and output, telemetry monitor application or reapplication, HAC and PSI prevention measures, simple dressings, restraint placement and removal, 12-lead EKGs, bladder scans, and specimen collection.
Achieve and maintain competency in at least one advanced skill based on department operational need: peripheral IV removal, indwelling Foley catheter removal, basic arrhythmia skills, or NG tube clamping and removal.
Follow patient-care, hospital-information, and safety policies and procedures, including standard precautions.
Complete assigned work promptly and productively, and perform other duties as assigned.
Receive feedback and direction constructively, identify learning needs, improve knowledge and performance, request assistance with planning and prioritizing as needed, and participate in self-review when requested.
Maintain professional, respectful, and productive working relationships and demonstrate accountability, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
Support department changes, projects, and quality initiatives; take responsibility for assignments and contribute to efficient department operations.