Patient Care Technician - Telemetry​/Oncology - Nights

Patient Care Technician - Telemetry/Oncology – Full Time Nights

Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Borough of Neptune City, New Jersey

Requisition #

• 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. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better – advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Patient Care Technician functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct and indirect care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, promotes patient satisfaction, comfort and safety. Assists with a variety of patient, unit and environment‑related tasks.

Participates in patient safety initiatives.

• Provide patient care, based on physical, psychosocial, education, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in assigned service.
• Provide for effective and safe guest/patient outcomes through practice, judgment and critical actions.
• Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status and rendered care.
• Take self‑directed or self‑motivated initiative to do more than is expected or required in the job, acting before being required to by events, improving job performance, and/or creating new opportunities.
• Participate in interdisciplinary collaboration of our patients’ 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 patient record, notifying RN immediately of abnormal results.
• Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric patients using proper aseptic collection techniques, assures appropriate labeling and processing of specimens to expedite throughput.
• Performs venipuncture for laboratory tests.
• Ensures proper labeling and transportation of specimens to the correct area at the appropriate time.
• Performs EKG for patients as directed.
• Maintains code cart, O2, and other emergency medical equipment, checking functionality and cleanliness.
• Applies bandages, slings, compression boots and hypothermia blankets according to standard as directed by RN.
• Assists in the transport of patients to departments or units upon request.
• Assists with meal preparation as necessary, ensuring patients are fed as needed.
• Checks inventory of assigned area and restocks as directed.
• Prepares room environment for admission.
• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care: bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
• Assists patients with dressing/undressing and placing belongings in the appropriate bag labeled with completed property checklist; monitors return of clothing to family.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.
• Provides post‑mortem care.
• Obtains and documents patient weights, observing and documenting intake and output.
• Creates a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with RN immediately for any change in condition.
• Identifies needs of patient population served and delivers…