Senior Patient Care Technician (First Shift/Part Time)

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center•Fort Bridger, WY

44d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a patient-centered team where you play a vital role in delivering exceptional care and supporting clinical excellence. This position assists nurses and providers with numerous duties involving direct and indirect patient care, including assisting providers with procedures, transporting patients within the Institute, and supporting efficient patient flow in the ambulatory setting. Responsibilities include procuring and processing laboratory test samples for clinical and research testing purposes, performing phlebotomy using venipuncture, butterfly, and microsampling techniques, and ensuring proper patient registration and handling of laboratory orders within Hospital and Laboratory Information Systems. The role also processes and routes clinical laboratory testing materials to the appropriate testing areas, maintains laboratory supply inventories, and processes requests for supply orders. Additional responsibilities include obtaining electrocardiograms, assisting the unit in maintaining compliance and safety standards, monitoring and maintaining quality assurance and quality improvement activities, and applying infection control techniques to care. Performs all duties of the Patient Care Technician.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Associate’s degree and the national certification as a Medical Assistant; or
High School Diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma and the equivalent of two (2) years of full-time patient care experience and the national certification as a Patient Care Technician.
Incumbents must obtain certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) within six (6) months of their appointment to this title.
Degrees must be conferred by an accredited school, college, or university, or by an institution recognized by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and/or Health Research Incorporated as adhering to acceptable educational standards.

Responsibilities

Assists nurses and providers with direct and indirect patient care.
Assists providers with procedures.
Transports patients within the Institute.
Supports efficient patient flow in the ambulatory setting.
Procures and processes laboratory test samples for clinical and research testing purposes.
Performs phlebotomy using venipuncture, butterfly, and microsampling techniques.
Ensures proper patient registration and handling of laboratory orders within Hospital and Laboratory Information Systems.
Processes and routes clinical laboratory testing materials to the appropriate testing areas.
Maintains laboratory supply inventories.
Processes requests for supply orders.
Obtains electrocardiograms.
Assists the unit in maintaining compliance and safety standards.
Monitors and maintains quality assurance and quality improvement activities.
Applies infection control techniques to care.
Performs all duties of the Patient Care Technician.