Patient Care Tech (PCT) / Heart and Vascular ICU
Position: Patient Care Tech
Department: Heart and Vascular ICU
Shift: 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM, 36 Hours a week, 72 hours per pay period
Facility: Miami Valley Hospital
They collaborate with nurses and doctors to provide personalized patient care. They can:
- Check vital signs, such as temperature, heartbeat, and breathing.
- Help patients move around, get dressed, and eat.
- Collect samples like urine.
- Report any changes in a patient's condition to a nurse.
- Walks, ADLs, Weighing Patients; Vitals
The PCT works under a nurse's supervision, who ensures they perform tasks safely and correctly. Sometimes, the PCT may also be called a Patient Care Technician/Unit Clerk (PCT/HUC).
So, even though PCTs don't wear capes, they are essential members of the healthcare team who help patients feel better and recover their health.
Qualifications
Education: You'll need a high school diploma or GED.
Training: You'll need to get a BLS CPR certificate. If you don’t already have it, they can teach you how to do CPR at your orientation, too (so you don't need to do it beforehand).
Experience: Successful completion of one of the following:
- Completion of previous STNA or CNA training or Patient Care Technician/Assistant training.
- Direct patient care experience within the last five years: Performing fundamental skills of vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) & direct patient care activities ie. Bathing, turning/positioning, toileting
- Currently enrolled in nursing school and have completed at least one clinical rotation.
*Special Consideration: If the candidate has previous direct patient care experience, they may be excused from fundamental training (BCOP) upon completion of successful skills validation. This replaces the above requirements. *
Other Skills:
ICU experience helpful
- You can handle doing many things simultaneously, even when people interrupt you, and still be nice.
- You know how to use a computer.
- You're good at organizing things.
- You can talk and listen well to others.
- Bonus points: You've worked in a hospital before.