Patient Care Tech - ref. x37645723
Overview:
Hello Humankindness
Arizona General Hospital Laveen is a 16 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Laveen, Arizona. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.
If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.
For the health of our community ... we are proud to announce that we are a tobacco-free campus.
Responsibilities:
A Patient Care Technician (PCT) at a hospital provides essential support to healthcare teams by assisting with patient care tasks, ensuring patient comfort, and maintaining a safe and clean environment. Key responsibilities include taking vital signs, monitoring patients’ physical and emotional well-being, assisting with daily activities such as bathing and dressing, and helping to transport patients within the facility.The PCT also assists nurses and physicians with medical procedures, maintains patient records, and ensures that equipment is properly sanitized. This role requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, compassionate environment.
- Check-in with the outgoing patient care techs at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.
- Conduct hourly rounds on patients, checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.
- Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.
- Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients.
- Help the nurse with tube insertions such as an NG tube, rectal tube, or catheter. You may be holding a cup of water, holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies as needed, and cleaning up after.
- Change bed linens, check patients’ weight, other tasks as assigned each day.
Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000.
Qualifications:
Minimum:
- Completion of nursing assistant program, or EMT program, or completion of first block of nursing program
- Arizona EMT or Arizona CNA/LNA license
- American Heart Association-issued BLS card
Preferred:
- ER Experience