Patient Care Technician - Senior, Full-Time (7 South)

UPMC•Erie, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Hamot is hiring a full-time Patient Care Technician for the 7 South Oncology team. The role provides patient care and supports nursing staff, patients, families, and department operations. Previous patient care experience is required. Alternative shift options, including a Night Shift Program and Weekend Program, are available. Title and salary will be determined based on education and experience. The technician performs core nursing assistant duties and additional patient-care tasks, maintains required competencies, documents care, supports safety and quality initiatives, and communicates with the RN and other members of the healthcare team. The senior role also requires competency in at least one advanced skill based on department operational needs.

Requirements

Previous patient care experience is required.
High school diploma or GED.
Meet one of these experience and education pathways: two years of general healthcare experience and the requirements for the Patient Care Technician title; or one year of qualifying experience and enrollment in a PT, OT, or PA program with at least one clinical rotation completed; or one year of qualifying experience and a bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.
Complete an annual professional contribution, with specifics determined after hire.
Successfully complete the Patient Care Technician Senior class.
Successfully complete eRecord training.
Routinely perform and be fully competent in UPMC nursing core assistant responsibilities, including activities of daily living, point-of-care testing including blood glucose, weights, vital signs, intake and output, telemetry monitor application or reapplication, and hospital-acquired-condition and patient-safety-indicator tasks.
Demonstrate competency in additional specified duties, including simple dressings, restraint placement and removal, bladder scans, specimen collections, and intra-hospital patient transportation procedures.
Achieve and maintain competency in, or perform, at least one advanced skill based on department operational need.
CPR certification based on AHA standards, including didactic and skills-demonstration components, is required within 30 days of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is required.
Act 34 clearance is required.
May be required to complete the appropriate UPMC cardiac rhythm course based on organizational guidelines and unit-based clinical operations.

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.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Suggest and support departmental changes; take responsibility for assigned work and contribute to efficient department operations.
Support department projects and quality initiatives, and participate in project and committee work.
Receive feedback constructively, identify learning needs, seek assistance with planning and prioritizing, improve knowledge and performance, and participate in self-review when requested.
Follow patient-care and hospital-information policies, safety procedures, and standard precautions.
Document in the medical record according to established procedures and complete assigned work in a timely, productive manner.
Provide patient care, assist with procedures and activities of daily living, and support physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies.
Perform nursing assistant responsibilities, including bathing, feeding, toileting, ambulating, turning, repositioning, and transporting patients; obtain blood glucose readings, weights, vital signs, intake and output, and specimens; and provide Foley care.
Perform designated additional tasks, including point-of-care testing, telemetry monitor application or reapplication, simple dressings, restraint placement and removal, bladder scans, specimen collection, and intra-hospital transportation procedures.
Provide feedback to the RN about patient care and report changes in patient status; give patients and families instruction under RN direction.
Apply, monitor, and remove restraints in accordance with physician or hospital protocol.
Transport cardiac-monitored patients within the hospital and contribute to universal unit activities, including responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients.
Perform advanced skills as assigned based on department needs, achieving and maintaining competency in at least one area such as basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12-lead EKGs, or NG tube clamping and removal.
Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department and complete clerical functions as needed.
Establish effective communication and professional, respectful working relationships with other departments and healthcare team members.
Demonstrate understanding of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions, and support safety for patients and self.
Develop and maintain productive working relationships internally and externally, demonstrating accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues.
May insert Foley catheters, perform straight catheterization, perform IV insertion or removal, and change IV dressings as instructed or authorized.
May be in rooms where medications are stored or transport medications between departments while transporting patients; medication transportation is limited to movement from one department to another.