Patient Care Tech Float: PT

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• Work/life:
  Alternates every 3rd weekend. You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee‑centric:
  Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
• Career Advancement:
  If you are interested in becoming an RN, the Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing is conveniently located within our health system and is in partnership with Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Firelands College.
• Lifestyle:
  Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region. Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents.

Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:
Attitude:
We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment:
We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm:
We will work passionately to make a difference.

• Assist with delivering patient care: obtain patient vital signs, assist with feeding, toileting, hygiene care, finger‑stick blood sugar readings, maintain skin integrity, perform EKGs, and ambulate and transfer patients.
• Perform routine procedures including surgical skin preps and enemas.
• Schedule diagnostic procedures/tests/appointments, effectively communicating and co‑coordinating orders with physicians, charge nurses, direct care givers, ancillary departments, and other facilities.
• Answer call lights timely and notify appropriate personnel of patient needs immediately.
• Demonstrate service excellence and strive to assist the unit to meet established goals for patient satisfaction.
• Recognize significant changes in patient’s condition and take appropriate action.
• Collect data, report information and/or perform interventions for the purpose of improving a variety of quality issues.
• Obtain patient information/data and observe confidentiality.
• Order and enter charges for procedures, supplies, equipment as applicable.
• Report problems or concerns to the appropriate person or department and assist in the resolution whenever possible.
• Be flexible, maintain adaptability, and be a team player.
• Possess positive professional communication skills and guest relations; project a positive impression of the Medical Center.
• Perform VS, height, weight, and visual acuity in triage.
• Assist with sterile field set up for suturing and procedures.
• May perform other patient care activities as trained and directed by the RN.

• Previous hospital experience preferred.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Current BLS certification required or obtained within 30 days of hire.

• Entry level

• Part‑time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care

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