Patient Care Technician III / PCT III Day Surgery Recovery Room
Full Time
Montclair, NJ 07042
Posted
Job description
Overview:
Responsibilities:
What We Offer
Who We Are
Patient focused, community oriented, conveniently located and equipped with technology that rivals the nation’s most prestigious healthcare systems, Hackensack Meridian
Health Mountainside Medical Center offers a comprehensive and growing array of services delivered by caring and highly skilled medical professionals. We’re proud of the therapeutic and administrative upgrades we have made. Mountainside Medical Center has been serving Montclair and its surrounding New Jersey communities since 1891. The physicians, nurses and volunteers who are a part of the Mountainside family are your friends and neighbors. We're your community, your hospital and team, working hard for you.
Hackensack Meridian
Health Mountainside Medical Center is proud to continue to provide world-class health care services in a community setting. Our 365 bed medical center has successfully transitioned from a stand-alone facility to being part of Hackensack Meridian
Health, the most comprehensive and truly integrated network in New Jersey. Mountainside is a joint venture between Hackensack Meridian
Health and Ardent Health Services, one of the country’s leading private hospital management companies.
We are looking for a dynamic and passionate Patient Care Technician to join the Mountainside Team!
Responsibilities:
What You’ll Do
The Patient Care Technician will provide direct patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area.
The successful candidate will be able to:
- Assist in the triaging of patients including admission, transfer and discharge
- Report all necessary information and/or unusual occurrences of an urgent nature as they develop
- Take vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collect specimens
- Respond to emergency situations
- Assist with patient transport and transfer
- Collect, report, and document clinical data
- Adhere to safety and risk management standards
- Assist with clerical and communication tasks to support patient care
- Registers patients for inpatient, outpatient or emergency room services, obtains accurate demographic and insurance information
- Copies insurance cards as required
- Prepares ID bracelets and distributes with admission forms.
- Provides patients with information required by federal mandates, i.e., Patient Rights and Responsibilities, Advance Care Directives
- Obtains appropriate signatures and copies and/or scans all identification and healthcare coverage presented. Documents reasons if this information is not attainable
- Communicates all information and financial responsibility to the patient/guarantor
- Perform any and all other duties assigned
What You’ll Bring
- A high school diploma or GED
- Minimum one (1) year of experience as an Emergency Department Technician
- Licensure: EMT, EMT-P certification preferred, or equivalent training or hospital experience required
- Maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Certified Nursing Assistant and/or nursing student enrolled in a Nursing program who has successfully completed theoretical and clinical practical in fundamentals of nursing in nursing school preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong customer/patient centric attitude
- Perform other duties as assigned
What We Offer
- Competitive pay
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k with Company match
- Company paid basic life insurance and long term disability coverage
- Generous paid time off, including an additional extended illness bank
- 6 Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Advancement and career development opportunities
Hackensack Meridian
Health Mountainside Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
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