Patient Care Technician - Med​/Surg - Per Diem Nights

Patient Care Technician – Med/Surg – Per Diem Nights

Manahawkin, New Jersey

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.

• Provide patient care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the guests/patients served in the assigned service.
• Ensure effective and safe patient outcomes through practice, judgment, and critical actions.
• Maintain ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues, and other healthcare team members regarding patient status and rendered care.
• Take self-directed initiative to exceed expectations, acting proactively and creating new opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in interdisciplinary collaboration of the patient’s 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 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 the 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 to geriatric patients using aseptic techniques, ensuring proper labeling and processing of specimens.
• Performs venipuncture for laboratory tests.
• Follows through with collecting, labeling, and transporting specimens to the appropriate area on time and correctly labels type, patient name, and room number.
• Performs EKG for patients as directed.
• Ensures equipment is present, functional, and clean; checks and maintains code cart, O2, and other emergency medical equipment as directed.
• Applies bandages, slings, compression boots, and hypothermia blankets according to RN directives.
• Assists in transport of patient to departments or units upon request.
• Assists with meal preparation or feeding 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, bed making).
• Assists patients with dressing/undressing and places belongings in labeled bags, monitoring return of clothing to families.
• 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.
• Ensures a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly and communicating with RN immediately for any change in patient condition.
• Identifies patient population needs and modifies/delivers care specific to those needs (age, culture, language, hearing/visual impairments).
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Education,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• 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; or equivalent medical‑background experience (EMT, Home Health Aide, CMA, MA, PCT, Nursing Assistant).
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing patient needs, and maintain a strong sense of accountability, teamwork, and dedication to ongoing education.

Preferred Experience and Credentials:

• Certified phlebotomy and EKG, vital signs, and blood sugar checking skills.
• At least one year PCT or CNA experience in a hospital setting.
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, or Patient Care…