Patient Care Technician - Surgical Icu - Nights

Patient Care Technician – Surgical ICU – Full Time Nights (11:00 pm–7:30 am)
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

Requisition # 2026‑176644

Shift: Night
Status:
Full Time with Benefits

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning—you also benefit from a supportive community and a mission to transform healthcare.

• Provide patient care based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned unit.
• Ensure effective and safe patient outcomes through practice, judgment and critical actions; maintain ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient status and rendered care.
• Take self‑directed or self‑motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required, acting before events, improving job performance and creating new opportunities.
• Participate in interdisciplinary collaboration of the patient’s plan of care from admission to discharge to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Participate in Unit/Department Performance Improvement activities.

• Welcomes patients and checks for proper identification bracelets.
• Prepares the patient for assessment/admission, physical examination and procedures.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care appropriate to age of patients on the unit.
• Obtains clinical data, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, O₂ saturation and documents findings in the patient record; notifies RN immediately of abnormal results.
• Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric patients using proper aseptic collection techniques and ensures appropriate labeling and processing of specimens.
• Performs venipuncture for laboratory tests.
• • Demonstrates a reliable and dependable ability to follow through with designated responsibilities in the collecting, labeling and transporting of specimens to the proper area at the appropriate time.
• Performs EKG for patients as directed.
• Assures the presence, functionality and cleanliness of all necessary equipment; checks and maintains code cart, O₂ and other emergency medical equipment as directed.
• Applies bandages, slings, compression boots and hypothermia blankets according to standard as directed by RN.
• Assists in the transport of patient to departments or units upon request.
• Assists with preparation as necessary, ensuring the patient is assisted with meals or fed as needed.
• Checks inventory of assigned area and restocks as directed.
• Ensures room environment is prepared for admission.
• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care and bed making.
• Assists patients with dressing/undressing and placing patient belongings in the appropriate bag labeled with completed property checklist; monitors the return of clothing to the patient’s family.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.
• Provides post‑mortem care.
• Obtains and documents patient weights and observes and documents patient intake and output.
• Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in the patient’s condition.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (age, culture, language, hearing or visual impairment, etc.).
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Completion of one of the following:
  Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician program;
  Fundamentals of…