Patient Care Technician

HCA Healthcare • San Antonio, TX

13h • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician (PCT) supports Registered Nurses as part of a collaborative nursing team, providing hands-on patient care and helping maintain a safe and welcoming environment. The role includes assisting with vital signs, mobility, personal care, monitoring patients, and carrying out care plans under RN supervision. PCTs help promote patient comfort and dignity through attentive, empathetic care and teamwork.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent education.
• No prior experience required.
• Complete initial and ongoing training and competencies defined by the service line, facility, and department or unit.
• Obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience as a PCT, nurse aide, or orderly in a healthcare setting.
• Completion of a CNA training program and CNA certification with the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services on hire.
• Completion of an EMS training program and EMT certification with the Texas Department of State Health Services on hire.
• MHS employee in an LVN job description as of December 1, 2011.

Responsibilities

• Perform delegated patient-care activities under RN supervision and within the limits of training, competence, and skill.
• Obtain vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, calorie counts, and perform simple non-sterile dressing changes as delegated.
• Assist with safe patient handling, including turning, positioning, transfers, ambulation, use of specialty beds and assistive devices, restraint alternatives, oxygen use and transport, suction, pre-operative skin preparation, and sequential compression devices.
• Collect specimens, including blood for bedside glucose testing.
• Help maintain a safe patient environment by addressing room hazards, preventing falls, practicing hand hygiene and standard precautions, and using PPE as appropriate.
• Communicate accurate and timely information about delegated care and observed patient responses to the assigned RN, using written or verbal hand-off communication.
• Assist the RN with collecting admission data and with patient transfer or discharge preparations as instructed.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, shaving, oral care, toileting, grooming, changing linens, providing water, meal delivery, and feeding as directed.
• Perform hourly rounding, use AIDET when interacting with patients, and respond to call lights promptly.
• Retrieve medication from the pharmacy, medication storage room, or tube system and deliver it to licensed staff when needed.
• Assist with orientation of new personnel as directed.
• Follow system and facility safety policies, use appropriate safety equipment and procedures, and report unsafe conditions.
• Adhere to the Methodist Healthcare System Code of Conduct and report activity that may violate applicable laws, regulations, rules, or the Code of Conduct.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED