Patient Care Technician, Emergency Department

Job overview

The Patient Care Technician, Emergency Department role is an onsite, full-time day position at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Compensation is not specified. The technician supports the emergency department’s acute-care patient care team under registered nurse direction. The technician performs delegated basic care and activities of daily living, records patient information and vital signs, assists with mobility, and collects specimens. The role also helps maintain a clean, organized, and safe patient care environment and cross-trains to unit clerk duties.

What you'll do

• Assist nursing staff with delegated patient care under RN supervision
• maintain a clean, organized, and safe environment
• record admissions data, vital signs, height, weight, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, intake and output, and other information within competency
• assist with meals, bathing, oral care, grooming, elimination, and bed linens
• help position and ambulate patients
• collect specimens
• cross-train to unit clerk.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

patient care technician

emergency department

acute care

patient-centered care

activities of daily living

vital signs

patient mobility

specimen collection

wilkes-barre pa

wilkes-barre general hospital

full-time days

basic life support

no experience required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

No experience is required; Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within 30 days of the start date.

About the employer

Tenor Health Foundation is hiring for this role. Industry: Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers. Sector: 62.