Patient Care Assistant- 6 EW MedSurg Stepdown- Full Time 12 hour Nights (Non Exempt)(Union)

The Patient Care Technician (PCT) provides nursing staff support in the areas of patient care delivery, clerical functions, and organization of the unit environment, as well as set-up and maintenance of equipment. The emphasis on each of these areas will depend on the unit assigned.

Essential Duties

• Patient Satisfaction:
  • Responds to patient call within 10 minutes.
  • Anticipates patients’ needs.
  • Proactively makes rounds to reduce patient calls.
  • Maintains positive behaviors toward patients and visitors.
  • Smiles and is pleasant during all interactions.
  • Provides RN with necessary data related to patient assessment.
  • Contributes input into the patient’s plan of care and accurately implements interventions on the patient’s plan of care, in collaboration with the RN.
• Performs essential skills contributing to positive patient outcomes per routing, MD orders, and RN direction: ...