Patient Care Technician-Nephrology- -Evening
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing, Patient Care Technician
Location: City of Poughkeepsie
Description
Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York.
Purpose:
Performs patient care activities and non-professional services. These include addressing the personal, physical and emotional needs of the neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, or geriatric patient and family. Practice must be consistent with the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the Nursing Department and Medical Center administration. Population served based on scope of services in the department.
- Education and Experience Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- AHA BLS healthcare provider certification required within 90 days from DOH
- Education and Experience Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- AHA BLS provider certification course required within 90 days from date of hire.
- Minimum of three (3) months experience as a PCT or currently in a junior semester of an Associates or Bachelor’s nursing program.
Skills and Abilities
Requirements
- General knowledge of high school subject matter including sciences, simple medical procedures / terminology, and office equipment.
- BLS certification is required 90 days’ from date of hire
- Documents legibly on all hospital forms using standardized abbreviations.
- Gets patient report from the RN and off-going PCT at the beginning of the shift. Gives end-of-shift report to the primary nurse and oncoming PCT at the end of the shift.
- Participates in walking rounds with the oncoming and off going PCT at shift change
- Cleans treatment rooms, showers, commodes and IV poles after use.
- Cleans kitchens (refrigerators, ice machines, sinks, counters) as assigned.
- Cleans counters and empties trash in nursing station as requested.
- Cleans other areas such as storage areas, linen rooms, staff lounge as requested.
Working Conditions:
Manual:
Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational:
Some occupational risk
Physical Effort:
Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
Physical Environment:
Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
Company:
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Org Unit: 1224
Department: C5-Nephrology
Exempt:
No
Salary Range: $19.38-$21.82 Hourly
We are an equal opportunity employer
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