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    Patient Care Technician - Hackensack, New Jersey, United States - Hackensack Meridian Health

    Hackensack Meridian Health
    Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Overview:
    Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

    At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed.

    With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

    Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

    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.


    Responsibilities:
    A day in the life of a Patient Care Technician at Hackensack Meridian Health 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 patient's plan of care from admission to discharge to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care

    Participate in Unit/Department Performance Improvement [PI] activities Specific Job Functions may include but not limited to:

    Welcomes patients and checks for proper identification bracelets.

    Prepares the patient for assessment/admission, physical examination and procedures.

    Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.

    Demonstrates the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care appropriate to age of patients on the unit.


    Obtains clinical data, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, O2 saturation and documents findings in patient record and notifies RN immediately of abnormal results.


    Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric aged patients using proper aseptic collection techniques, assure appropriate labeling and processing of specimens to expedite throughput of patients.

    Performs venipuncture for laboratory tests


    Demonstrates a reliable and dependable ability to follow through with designated responsibilities in the collecting, labeling, and transporting of specimens to the proper area at the appropriate time: always correctly labels type of specimen collected, including patients name and room number.

    Performs EKG for patients as directed.

    Assures the presence, functionality and cleanliness of all necessary equipment. Checks and maintains code cart, O2, and other emergency medical equipment as directed.


    Qualifications:

    Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
    High School Diploma or Equivalent


    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.


    Licenses and Certifications Required:
    AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification (must be obtained by completion of onboarding)


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