Hackensack Meridian Health
Location
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
Salary
$20 / HOUR
The Patient Care Technician functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population, providing direct and indirect care under the supervision of a registered nurse to achieve desired outcomes. Responsibilities include promoting patient satisfaction, comfort, and safety while participating in patient safety initiatives and interdisciplinary care planning.
Candidates must possess a High School diploma or GED equivalent and have completed one of several relevant programs such as CNA, MA, PCT, or Fundamentals of Nursing, or possess equivalent medical background experience like EMT or Home Health Aide. AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification must be obtained within the first 60 days of employment.
The Patient Care Technician functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct and indirect care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, promotes patient satisfaction, comfort and safety. Assists with a variety of patient, unit and environment-related tasks. Participates in patient safety initiatives. A day in the life of a Patient Care Technician at Hackensack Meridian includes: Provide patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in assigned service Provide for effective and safe guest/patients outcomes through practice, judgment, and critical actions Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status and rendered care Take self-directed or self-motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job, acting before being required to by events, improving job performance, and/or creating new opportunities Participate in interdisciplinary collaboration of our patients’ plan of care from admission to discharge to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care Participate in Unit/Department Performance Improvement [PI] activities
High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs. Completion of one of the following: Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician program or Fundamentals of Nursing program from an accredited school of nursing or HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program or Equivalent medical background experience, such as EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant.
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