**Join Our Outpatient Surgery Team as a Patient Care Technician!**
Are you passionate about delivering compassionate, hands-on care in a fast-paced surgical environment? Our outpatient surgery department is seeking a dedicated Patient Care Technician to support our clinical team and ensure exceptional patient experiences. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day by assisting with pre- and post-operative care, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and providing vital support to both patients and staff.
Responsibilities:
May perform IV insertion, removal and dressing change. Point of care testing (inc. blood glucose), weights, vital signs, I&O, telemetry monitor application/reapplication, hospital-acquired condition & patient safety indicator. May handle simple dressings, placement and removal of restraints, bladder scan, all specimen collections and ticket to ride (intra-hospital patient transportation). Provides instruction to patients and their families under the direction of the RN. May apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints as per physician or hospital protocol. In addition to the required standard competencies, the Patient Care Technician will achieve and maintain competency and/or perform at least 1 or more of the following advanced skills based on department operational need: phlebotomy/venipuncture, peripheral IV removal, indwelling Foley catheter removal, basic arrythmia, 12-lead EKG, and NG tubes clamping and removal. Works with the blood bank and has the authority to draw, type, screen samples, and check samples for blood banding.Preferred Qualifications: Experience with IV insertions. Experienced Phlebotomist or experience with phlebotomy is needed for this role.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30AM-4PM. Will assist in Pre-Admission Testing, Outpatient Surgery, and in Post-Anesthesia Care.