Patient Care Technician Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 18 years of age.
• Two years of experience in a Patient Care Technician role, or completion of Nursing Fundamentals, or C.N.A. certification, or previous experience as a Medical Assistant, Medical Technician, or Technologist in a healthcare setting, or successful completion of a Patient Care Technician training program.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Patient Care Technicians, including scheduling and patient-care deployment.
• Provide safe, competent care addressing patients’ hygiene, skin integrity, nutritional, and elimination needs.
• Assist with patient admissions, discharges, transfers, transport, and repositioning.
• Correctly collect and dispose of specimens, and perform and record technical procedures as delegated.
• Observe, report, and document questionable patient conditions to the licensed nurse on duty.
• Keep medical equipment clean, maintained, and functional, and refer equipment for necessary repairs.
• Monitor and maintain unit supply usage.
• Implement appropriate interventions to address patients’ mobility needs.
• Perform unit secretarial responsibilities and special projects.
• Schedule follow-up examinations and testing; in Surgical Services, duties may include scrubbing.
• Transport non-controlled medications securely between the pharmacy and unit, and between units when transporting patients, in accordance with the designated process.