Casual Patient Care Technician, Senior

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Are you a healthcare professional interested in a career that provides plenty of opportunity for growth and development? If you're passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!

UPMC is dedicated to providing each patient with the right care, in the right way, at the right time, every time. Our Patient Care Technicians are essential partners in that mission, enhancing the patient experience at UPMC with positivity and integrity. Join us as we provide Life Changing Medicine to our community.

ANCC Magnet designated UPMC Passavant is currently hiring a Casual Patient Care Technician- Senior to support our Resource Pool at the McCandless location.

The Patient Care Technician- Senior is a valued step in the UPMC Inpatient Patient Care Support Career Ladder, with opportunities for continued growth and advancement. Title and salary will be determined based upon education and patient care experience. PCTs in the resource pool will receive an additional 10% resource bonus on top of their base rate, for as long as they remain in the resource pool.

Our Casual PCT Seniors typically work 8-12 hours each week to cover daylight, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts. Hours may vary by unit. Candidates with prior patient care experience are highly preferred and encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities :

• Contributes to the universal unit activities including, but not limited to :

o responding to call lights and telephones

o passing meal trays and transporting patients.

o ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning and repositioning patients

o Point of care testing (inc. blood glucose)

o Weights & vital signs

o I&O

o Telemetry monitor application / reapplication

o HAC & PSI prevention (TEDs / SCDs)

o Simple dressings

o Placement and removal of restraints

o 12 lead EKG

o Bladder scan

o All specimen collections

o IV catheter removal and Foley catheter removal

o Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the health care team

o Ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships internally and externally

o Accountability for actions

o Enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues

High school diploma or equivalent.

Must also have either

2 years of healthcare experience, OR

1 year of experience and enrollment in PT / OT / PA program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, or

1 year of experience and completion of a bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.

Annual completion of a professional contribution to be determined after hire

Successful completion of patient care technician senior class

Successful completion of basic information system training.

Microcomputer experience preferred.

Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

Nursing Student that has completed one clinical rotation preferred Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic or currently enrolled in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred.

Successful completion of a basic arrhythmia course and annual competency required.

May, in the course of their duties, be in rooms where medications are stored or may transport medications when they transport patients. Transportation of medication is limited from one department to another.

Licensure / Certification / Clearances :

CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component OR Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire

ACLS preferred

National Incident Management System Incident Command

National Incident Management System Introduction Course

Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

Act 33 with renewal

Act 34 with renewal

Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an equal opportunity employer : Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities .