Patient Care Technician​/PCT IMC Stepdown

Overview

Join our team as a night shift, full-time, Intermediate Care Patient Care Technician (PCT) in Athens, TX.

• We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well‑being.
• We prioritize your well‑being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

UT Health Athens is a 127‑bed facility, including a 24‑hour ED, designated as a Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center; advanced diagnostic technology; 10‑bed ICU; maternity unit radiation therapy center; and a stand‑alone ED in Gun Barrel City.

• Work under limited supervision of nursing and medical staff and, with full proficiency, perform all duties, including assisting patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, and other ADLs.
• Observe patients’ progress to prepare and disseminate reports to Registered Nurse or other medical staff.
• Obtain and record patients’ vital signs and collect specimens for lab tests.
• Provide basic patient transport and housekeeping duties.
• Measure and record patients’ intake and output and other measurements in accordance with unit routines, assist patients with range of motion, and draw blood.
• Assist in providing treatments to patients, perform technical procedures such as feeding tube and catheter administration, suture/staple removal, splinting of extremities, and perform ECGs as ordered.
• Coordinate daily activities for the assigned unit, including general clerical and administrative support, and participate in performance improvement activities to enhance and maintain personal and departmental qualifications and standards of performance.

Job Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an approved CNA or PCT certification, or be in the senior year of nursing school with less than one semester to complete the program.
• For Emergency Room departments – completion of an approved EMT Basic certification may be substituted for CNA/PCT certification. A Paramedic license may fulfill all certification requirements. Must maintain active certification within the State of Texas.
• Competent to perform in at least two general areas of practice (cross‑trained and cross‑competent to cover more than one hospital service, role, or function).
• BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.

Preferred

Job Requirements:

• 5 years’ experience in acute or long‑term care.
• Demonstrated proficiency in phlebotomy.