PATIENT CARE TECH-Med Surg Weight Loss

Position: Patient Care Tech\n\nDepartment: Med Surg Weight loss\n\nShift: 7PM-7:30AM/ 36 hours per week/ 72 hours per pay period \n\nFacility: Miami Valley Hospital\n\nA Patient Care Technician, or PCT, works with nurses and doctors to care for patients. Some of the tasks they do are\n\n * Check things like temperature, heartbeat, and breathing.\n * Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat.\n * Collect samples like urine.\n * Report any changes in a patient\u0027s condition to a nurse.\n * Help with patient walks, hygiene, weighing patients, vitals\n\n\n\n \n\nThe PCT works under the supervision of the nurse, which means the nurse makes sure they are doing things safely and correctly. Sometimes, the PCT might also be called a Patient Care Technician/Unit Clerk assist with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, which also enables patients to receive the best care possible. assist with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, which also enables patients to receive the best care possible. As a HUC, they help with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, which also helps patients get the best care possible!, who assists with the paperwork and other tasks that keep the hospital running smoothly, enabling\n\nPCT\u2019s are essential members of the healthcare team who help patients feel better and get healthy again! \n \n\nEducation: You\u0027ll need a high school diploma or GED.\n\nTraining: you\u0027ll need to get a BLS CPR certificate. If you don\u2019t already have it, they can teach you how to do CPR at your orientation too (so you don\u0027t need to do it beforehand).\n\nExperience: No previous job experience is required, but you should have one of the following:\n\n * Finished STNA, CNA, or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training.\n * Helped care for patients in the past 5 years (like taking their temperature, bathing them, or helping them use the restroom)\n * Currently in nursing school and finished one clinical rotation.\n\n\n\nOther Skills:\n\n * You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice.\n * You know how to use a computer.\n * You\u0027re good at organizing things.\n * You can talk and listen well to others.\n * Bonus points: You\u0027ve worked in a hospital before.\n\n\n