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UPMC Nursing Assistant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Join 5A at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, where you will be crucial in providing high-quality patient care. You will work closely with the healthcare team to ensure a safe and supportive environment for both patients and staff. This position is Part-Time with rotating Days and Nights 6:30 am and 6:30 pm start times, open to flexible scheduling.
The Patient Care Technician is a valued step in UPMCs Patient Care Support Career Ladder. The final candidate will be placed in the appropriate title and pay rate depending on education and experience.
Responsibilities:
Communication & Relationships: Communicate effectively with the healthcare team, understand cultural diversity, and maintain professional relationships.
Patient Care: Perform core patient care tasks including ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning, and repositioning), point of care testing, vital signs, and specimen collection.
Advanced Skills: Achieve competency in advanced skills such as basic arrhythmia, complex wound care, 12 lead EKG, and NG tube management.
Support & Feedback: Assist with therapies, provide feedback to RNs, and instruct patients and families under RN direction.
Professional Development: Receive and act on feedback, identify learning needs, and participate in self-review and committee work.
Departmental Support: Suggest and support departmental changes, adhere to policies and procedures, and document patient care accurately.
Additional Duties: Transport cardiac monitored patients, perform IV and catheter procedures, and complete clerical functions as needed.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Must also have either a) 2 years of general healthcare experience and meet requirements of Patient Care Technician - Senior title,
OR b) 1 year of experience (defined above) and enrollment in PT/OT/PA program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, or c) 1 year of experience (defined above) and completion of a bachelor's degree in a health sciences field.
Annual completion of a professional contribution to be determined after hire
Successful completion of patient care technician specialist class
Successful completion of basic information system training.
Microcomputer experience preferred.
Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing.
Nursing Student that has completed one clinical rotation preferred Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic or currently enrolled in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred.
Successful completion of a basic arrhythmia course and annual competency required.
May, in the course of their duties, be in rooms where medications are stored or may transport medications when they transport patients.
Transportation of medication is limited from one department to another. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire ACLS preferred
Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Act 34 with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran