Patient Care Technician - 4A Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit

The 4A Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit at UPMC St. Margaret is looking to hire a full time Patient Care Technician to join our team! Prior rehab experience is a plus!

About 4A Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation :

UPMC St. Margaret 4A Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility is a 28-bed facility in an acute care hospital. Our facility provides comprehensive rehabilitation services part of an intensive rehabilitation program.

Patients who are admitted must be able to tolerate 3 hours of intense rehabilitations services per day. Rehabilitation services include treatment by a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, rehabilitation nursing, PT / OT, SLP, orthotics, respiratory, case management, social services, and / or nutritional services.

The Rehabilitation team treats a variety of conditions including, stroke, orthopedics, arthritis, neurological disorders, and general debilitation.

The vision of our Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit is for our rehabilitation facility to be recognized as the patient’s first choice for quality rehabilitation care in our community and our interdisciplinary team as leaders and experts in the profession of rehabilitation services.

Our mission is to help patients with altered functional ability & lifestyles reach their goals and their highest level of function by the time of discharge by providing them with individualized efficient, effective care & rehabilitation services.

Staff on this unit work as a close-knit team to provide life changing medicine to their patients. Given the extended length of time that patients spend on this unit, staff have an opportunity to create meaningful relationships with their patients.

The culture on 4A is one of teamwork, positivity, and encouragement. Staff collaborate closely with our physicians and physical, occupational, and speech therapy teams to provide interdisciplinary care to their patients and help them work towards achieving their goals.

While the work can be physically demanding, the sense of self-fulfillment that the 4A team gets out of helping their patients progress is what keeps many of our staff members on the unit for most of their nursing careers.

The Patient Care Technician is a valued step in UPMCs Patient Care Support Career Ladder. The final candidate will be placed in the appropriate title and pay rate depending on education and experience.

Responsibilities :

• Communication : Maintain clear and effective communication with all members of the health care team. Establish effective inter-departmental communication.
• Patient Care : Provide comprehensive patient care, including assisting with daily activities, performing routine tests and procedures, and instructing patients and their families under RN direction.
• Safety : Uphold safety standards in the workplace for both patients and self. Ensure equipment malfunctions are promptly reported.
• Advanced Skills : Achieve and maintain competency in advanced skills such as basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12 lead EKG, and NG tubes clamping and removal.
• Policy Adherence : Strictly adhere to all policies and procedures relative to patient care and hospital-related information.
• Documentation : Document in the medical record according to established procedures.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• b) 1 year of experience (defined above) and enrollment in PT / OT / PA program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, or
• c) 1 year of experience (defined above) 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 specialist 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, Certifications, and Clearances :

CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire ACLS preferred

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran