What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Tech / Pre-Surgical Testing PCT position at Lovelace Health System?
Overview
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Patient Care Technician (PCT) in Albuquerque, NM .
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
Responsibilities
Job Requirements:
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Patient Care Technician (PCT) in Albuquerque, NM .
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance , and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
- Lovelace Women’s Hospital is a 53-bed advanced neonatal intensive care unit, family care unit, an award-winning breast care center and the first robotic surgery program in the state recognized as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation.
Responsibilities
- Works under limited supervision of nursing and medical staff and with full proficiency to perform all duties of a PCT II, which include assisting patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, and other ADLs.
- Observes patients’ progress to prepare and disseminate reports to Registered Nurse or other medical staff.
- Obtains and records patients' vital signs and collects specimens for lab tests.
- Provides basic patient transport and housekeeping duties. Measures and records patients' intake and output and other measurements in accordance with unit routines, assist patients with range of motion, and draws blood.
- Additionally, assists in providing treatments to patients, performs technical procedures such as feeding tube and catheter administration, suture/staple removal, splinting of extremities, and performs ECGs as ordered.
- Coordinates daily activities for assigned unit to include general clerical and administrative support and participates in performance improvement activities to enhance and maintain personal and department qualifications and standards of performance.
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Have BLS certification within 30 days of hire or transfer into position
- Experience in Phlebotomy or completion of a Phlebotomy course is preferred
- Demonstrated proficiency in phlebotomy preferred
- 5 years’ experience in acute or long-term care preferred
- Completion of approved CNA, PCT, or paramedic (EMT-P) preferred, may substitute for relative years or experience
