Patient Care Tech

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Submit your application for the opportunity below:
Patient Care Tech.

HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital in Charleston, SC has multiple PCT positions available for full‑time days and full‑time nights.

Units include:

• Med Surg Trauma
• Progressive Care Unit (PCU)
• Emergency Care
• Med Surg

As a Patient Care Technician (PCT), you will be a vital part of our collaborative nursing team, supporting Registered Nurses in providing hands‑on care and helping create a safe, welcoming environment for patients. You'll assist with daily needs such as vital signs, mobility and personal care, while helping RNs monitor conditions and carry out care plans. Your attention, empathy and teamwork help restore comfort and dignity for every patient you serve and make our mission to improve lives a reality each day.

• Obtaining vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, calorie counts, application of ice/heat, and/or simple non‑sterile dressing changes.
• Answering patient call lights in a timely manner and responding to patient needs/requests.
• Assisting patients with activities of daily living to include bathing, shaving, oral care, toileting, grooming, changing linens, providing water, ambulating, assisting with meal delivery and feeding as directed.
• Safe patient handling: turning and positioning, use of specialty beds, patient transfer and use of transfer devices, ambulation assistance and use of assistive devices, restraint alternatives, oxygen use and transport, suction use, pre‑operative skin preparation and/or use of sequential compression devices (SCD).
• Recording information in the patient’s medical records.
• Communicating with physicians, nurses and other healthcare team members regarding changes in a patient’s care and condition.
• Educating patients and families on the care and therapies being provided, in conjunction with physicians and nurses.
• Monitoring supply levels in your unit and patient rooms and restocking as needed.
• Providing non‑medicated care such as dressing changes, skin protection, and use of supportive devices.
• Keeping patient areas and common spaces clean, organized and stocked to maintain safety and efficiency.
• Managing supplies, equipment, and logs to support infection control and team readiness.

• Licensed as a CNA in South Carolina preferred.
• RN Nursing School Students may be considered.
• A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required or must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• One year of acute/hospital experience is preferred.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.