Patient Care Technician - Emergency Department - Bridge - Per Diem Evenings

Patient Care Technician – Emergency Department – Old Bridge – Per Diem Evenings

RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER – OLD BRIDGE, Old Bridge, New Jersey

Requisition # | Shift: Evening | Status:
Per Diem

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.

A day in the life of a Patient Care Technician at Hackensack Meridian includes:

• 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 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

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Completion of one of the following:
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician program,
• Fundamentals of Nursing program from an accredited school of nursing,
• HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program,
• Equivalent medical background experience, such as EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant.
• Note:
  
  Candidates that have not completed one of the programs but meet the other requirements will be considered for selection into the HMH PCT Apprentice Program.

If selected, the candidate will be hired into the role of PCT Apprentice. Upon successful completion of the HMH PCT Apprenticeship Program the candidate will be transferred to the Patient Care Technician role.

• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification (must be obtained during the first 60 days of employment)

Minimum rate of $20.32 hourly. HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good‑faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total rewards package.

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate.

The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non‑discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:

• Labor Market Data – Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
• Experience – Years of relevant work experience.
• Education and Certifications – Level of education…