Patient Care Technician - Neuro Cardiac (PCT) - Gateway

Campus: Gateway
Unit: Neuro Cardiac
Shift: Nights
Hours: 36 Hours/ Week

Benefits:
We pride ourselves in retaining our top talent by offering work environments that support professional development and personal success. In addition to our robust healthcare and retirement plans, we offer:

• Flexible work schedules
• Payactiv- Earned wage benefit- Work today, get paid tomorrow
• Career advancement opportunities
• Competitive pay with shift and weekend incentives

Job Overview:

As a Patient Care Technician (PCT), you'll work closely with nurses to provide hands-on care and support to patients. Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with personal hygiene, including bathing, brushing teeth, toileting, and changing linens
• Helping patients with mobility, repositioning, and transfers
• Monitoring and recording vital signs
• Documenting important information in patient charts
• Providing compassionate care, including support for patients nearing the end of life

This role involves exposure to bodily fluids and dynamic and sensitive situations. If you're compassionate, resilient, and detail-oriented, you'll play a vital role in ensuring quality care and making a real difference in our patients' lives.

Unit Description:

The Neuro Cardiac Unit is located on the 6th floor, Tower B of the Gateway Campus. The unit cares for patients from 18 years of age through geriatric with medical surgical diagnosis that may or may not require telemetry monitoring. Scope of care will include medical surgical patients with complication due to pneumonia, COPD & asthma exacerbations, heart failure, and viral/bacterial infections with ability to monitor telemetry. Will also care for acute stroke and overflow cardiac and renal patients. We also house the central telemetry monitoring station for the entire campus.


Deaconess Gateway Hospital has been designated as a certified Primary Stroke Center by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP). This unit is a designated stroke unit. Our staff is very knowledgeable about quality standards of care, which we meet and exceed at our facility. Nurses working on this unit receive training in ACLS, BLS, and NIH Stroke Scale. Our wide-range of diagnosis make this unit a great place to learn.


Required: Certifications/Licenses/Education:

• Basic Life Support: Health Care Provider, within six months of hire
• Completion of a high school education or equivalent (GED) preferred
• Successfully complete PCT classes as required by care center/unit
• Must be able to safely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation

Other Key Words: Entry-Level Patient Care Technician, No Experience Required, Paid Training Provided, On-the-Job Training, Career Growth, CNA, PCT, B6

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