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About the Role
St. John's Riverside Hospital is seeking a Patient Care Technician to assist nurses in providing patient care according to hospital policies and procedures. This role is integral to delivering compassionate healthcare with advanced technology.
Responsibilities
- Assist with patient transport, including admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Demonstrate commitment to core values through quality improvement involvement and embodying "AIDET" principles.
- Create positive patient experiences, engage patients in treatment, provide support, and utilize de-escalation techniques.
- Escalate patient needs to a nurse when necessary, such as for agitated patients or those in acute withdrawal/overdose.
- Attend daily communication huddles.
- Perform venous blood draws, point-of-care testing, blood glucose monitoring, EKGs, and collect/process specimens including COVID swabbing.
- Greet and orient patients to the care area.
- Provide hourly purposeful rounding to assigned patients.
- Report off to oncoming staff before leaving the hospital.
- Monitor and record vital signs (Temperature, BP, Pulse, Respiration, PO2) adhering to hospital policy.
- Record patient weight and intake/output (I&O).
- Administer oxygen therapy and perform oxygen tank changes.
- Maintain the order and appearance of patient rooms and work areas, restocking supplies at the end of the shift.
- Orient new personnel to the unit.
- Promote professional growth and adapt to changing organizational needs.
- Adhere to the hospital's attendance policy.
- Ensure responsibilities and job duties are compliant with hospital policies and procedures.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Patient Care Technician certification required.
- Hospital experience preferred.
Skills
- Patient care
- Patient transport
- Quality improvement
- AIDET principles
- De-escalation techniques
- Venous blood draws
- Point-of-care testing
- Blood glucose monitoring
- EKG administration
- Specimen collection and processing
- COVID swabbing
- Patient orientation
- Purposeful rounding
- Vital signs monitoring
- Oxygen therapy administration
- Room and work area maintenance
- Supply restocking
- New personnel orientation
Location
- Westchester community
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Hospital experience preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Patient Care Technician certification
About the Company
- St. John's Riverside Hospital is a leader in providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare with state-of-the-art medical technology.
- Serves the Westchester community from Yonkers to the river town communities.
- A comprehensive network of medical professionals dedicated to a tradition of service spanning generations.
- Founded in the 1890s, with a commitment to advanced medical services.
- Founded the Cochran School of Nursing in 1894, the oldest hospital-based school of nursing in the metropolitan area.
- Dedicated nurses provide superior, patient and family-focused care.
- Committed to making life better for all patients and elevating services to increase quality of life.
- Believes in personalized care together with advanced technology, embodying "Community Strong".
Equal Opportunity
- St. John's Riverside Hospital is an equal opportunity employer.
- Maintains a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.