Patient Care Tech (PCT) / Pulmonary

Education: You'll need a high school diploma or GED. Training: Before you start, you'll need to get a BLS CPR certificate. They can teach you how to do CPR at your orientation, too, so you don't need to do it beforehand. Experience: No previous job experience is required, but you should have one of the following: Finished STNA, CNA, or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training. Helped care for patients in the past 5 years (like taking their temperature, bathing them, or helping them use the restroom) Are in nursing school and have finished one clinical rotation. You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice. You know how to use a computer. You're good at organizing things. You can talk and listen well to others. Bonus points: You've worked in a hospital before.