Nursing Assistant​/Patient Care Technician - UPMC Presbyterian; Resource Unit

Position: Nursing Assistant / Patient Care Technician - UPMC Presbyterian (Resource Unit)
This position is eligible for a 10% shift differential bonus!

Why Choose the Resource Pool?

_The Resource Pool provides necessary staffing solutions for special needs or disruptions in the hospital's workforce, such as in the case of vacancies, call-offs, and surges in patient census. Resource staff float to all areas of the hospital (including Med-Surg, ICU, PACU, and Emergency Department);
Resource staff also opens and staffs overflow units during high census, so a high level of autonomy and self-direction is required. To work in the Resource Pool, you must be especially flexible, knowledgeable, and responsive! The resource pool offers broad clinical exposure, helping you build and expand your skills._

_Shift: _

+ Nursing Support roles are required to work rotating shifts, which include daylight, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts. Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians will also be required to work 12-hour shifts, with a possibility of a combination of 8-hour and 12-hour shifts.

+ All hired candidates without direct patient care experience will complete a mandatory training course during their first week of employment. This is a paid training program that spans three days. This training is weekdays only and daylight hours.  Attendance is mandatory for the entire training.

+ The Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians provide routine patient care and support the department services in accordance with established policies and procedures. This role will be directed by nurses and/or physicians to ensure that the highest degree of quality patient care can be maintained at all times. Patient care duties may include, but are not limited to, ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning and repositioning patients, and blood glucose), vital signs, simple dressings, EKGs, bladder scans, and all specimen collections.

Nursing Support Career Ladder

Our goal at UPMC is to help you build YOUR career, starting with our robust career ladder! A Nursing Support career at UPMC Presbyterian maximizes your potential and advances you to wherever you'd like to go, ensuring that you are equipped with resources, mentors, and leadership along the way.

Job title and salary will be based upon qualifications and career ladder requirements:

+ Nursing Assistant:

+ High school diploma or equivalent.

+ Patient Care Technician:

+ High school diploma or equivalent.

+ 1 Year of Experience, OR enrollment in PT/OT/PA program or related healthcare training program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, OR completion of a Bachelor's Degree in a health sciences field.

+ Patient Care Technician - Senior/
* Specialist:

+ High school diploma or equivalent.

+ 2 years of healthcare experience, OR 1 year of experience and enrollment in PT/OT/PA program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, OR 1 year of experience and completion of a Bachelor's Degree in a health sciences field.

+ Annual completion of a professional contribution to be determined after hire.

+ Successful completion of Senior or Specialist training class.

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* Specialist title determined by specific patient care skills.

+ Patient Care Technician - Lead:

+ High school diploma or equivalent.

+ 3 years of healthcare experience required.

+ Successful completion of Senior or Specialist training.

Responsibilities:

+ Must routinely perform the UPMC nursing core nursing assistant responsibilities, including ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, and turning and repositioning patients), PLUS point of care testing (inc. blood glucose), weights, vital signs, I&O, telemetry monitor application/reapplication, HAC & PSI prevention (TEDs/SCDs), and clean catch/mini catheter urine collection. In addition,…