Patient Care Tech / PCT Intermediate Care

Overview

Join our team as a night shift, full-time, Intermediate Care Patient Care Technician (PCT) in Athens, TX.

Why Join Us?

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

• Thrive:  We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition  assistance , and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
• People-First:  We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• Make Healthcare Better:  We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

Get to Know Your Team:

• UT Health Athens is a 127-bed facility, including a 24-hour ED, designated as a Level IV trauma center and acute stroke ready facility; advanced diagnostic technology; 10-bed ICU; maternity unit radiation therapy center; and a stand-alone ED in Gun Barrel City.

Learn About a Day in the Life of a PCT:

Responsibilities

• Work under limited supervision of nursing and medical staff and with full proficiency to perform  duties.
• Assist patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing,  eating, and other ADLs.
• Observe patients’ progress to prepare and disseminate reports to Registered  Nurse or other medical staff.
• Obtain and record patients' vital signs and collects specimens for lab  tests.
• Provide basic patient transport and housekeeping duties.
• Measure and record patients'  intake and output and other measurements in accordance with unit routines, assist patients with  range of motion, and draw blood.
• Assist in providing treatments to patients, perform technical procedures such as feeding tube and catheter administration, suture/staple removal, splinting of extremities, and perform ECGs as ordered.
• Coordinate daily activities for assigned unit to include general clerical and administrative support and participates in performance improvement activities to enhance and maintain personal and department qualifications and standards of performance.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of approved CNA or PCT certification required or may be in senior year of nursing school with less than one semester to complete the nursing program.
  • For Emergency room departments – completion of an approved EMT Basic certification may be substituted for CNA/PCT certification.
  • Paramedic license may fulfill all certification requirement.
• Must maintain active certification within the State of Texas.
• Competent to perform in at least two general areas of practice (cross trained and cross competent to cover more than one hospital service, role, or function).

• BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• 5 years' experience in acute or long-term care.
• Demonstrated proficiency in phlebotomy.