UPMC Hamot is hiring a Patient Care Technician to join the Women’s Hospital Operating Room. 

If you’re passionate about patient care and looking for a career that offers great benefits and plenty of room for growth, we invite you to explore this opportunity today!

Schedule: Monday- Friday, 3pm-11:30pm

Title and salary will be determined based upon education and experience.

Overview: The team member will help to pick surgical case items for the next day, set up rooms and equipment, and terminally clean the OR’s at the end of the day. The terminal cleaning role helps to greatly reduce SSI’s. 

Responsibilities:

Provides patient care, assists with procedures and daily activities. Assists with physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies. Provides feedback to RN and reports patient status changes. Performs core nursing assistant tasks (blood glucose, weights, vitals, I&O, specimen collections, Foley care) and at least 4 of: phlebotomy, 12-lead EKG, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, point of care testing, bladder scan, straight catheter, IV catheter removal. Reports equipment malfunctions, communicates effectively with departments, maintains professional relationships. Contributes to unit activities (responding to call lights, phones, passing meal trays, transporting patients). Receives feedback, identifies learning needs, improves skills, participates in self-review. Provides patient and family instruction under RN direction, manages patient restraints per protocol. Communicates clearly with healthcare team, understands cultural diversity, supports workplace safety, maintains productive relationships. Adheres to patient care policies, complies with safety procedures. Suggests and supports departmental changes, assumes responsibility, supports projects and quality initiatives. Documents in medical records, performs clerical functions as needed. Achieves and maintains competency in advanced skills (phlebotomy/venipuncture, IV removal, Foley catheter removal, basic arrhythmia, 12-lead EKG, NG tube clamping/removal) based on department needs.