Are you a healthcare professional interested in a career that provides plenty of opportunity for growth and development? 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! UPMC Altoona is looking for a casual Patient Care Technician to work on our 6E Trauma Unit! *Candidates will be placed into the appropriate job title and salary based on experience (Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Technician). **Responsibilities:** **Patient Care:** + Assist with procedures and daily living activities. + Provide feedback to RN and report patient status changes. + Aid in physical, respiratory, and cardiopulmonary therapies. + Instruct patients and families under RN direction. + Apply, monitor, and remove patient restraints per protocol. **Core Responsibilities:** + Perform blood glucose tests, weights, vital signs, I&O, specimen collections, and Foley care. + Execute additional tasks: phlebotomy, 12-lead EKG, simple dressing, Foley catheter removal, point of care testing, bladder scan, straight catheter, or IV catheter removal. **Communication & Relationships:** + Report equipment malfunctions. + Establish effective communication with other departments. + Maintain professional and respectful interpersonal relationships. + Contribute to unit activities: responding to call lights, telephones, passing meal trays, and transporting patients. **Feedback & Development:** + Constructively receive feedback and direction. + Communicate learning needs and improve knowledge, skills, and performance. + Participate in self-review as requested by the unit director. **Safety & Compliance:** + Adhere to all patient care and hospital-related policies and procedures. + Comply with safety policies, including standard precautions. + Document in medical records according to procedures. + Complete clerical functions as needed. **Departmental Support:** + Suggest and support changes within the department. + Assume responsibility for assignments and view problems as challenges. + Support department-based projects and quality initiatives. **Advanced Skills (as needed):** + Phlebotomy/venipuncture + Peripheral IV removal + Indwelling Foley catheter removal + Basic arrhythmia + 12-lead EKG + NG tubes clamping and removal + High school diploma or equivalent. + Must also have either: + a) 1 Year of general healthcare experience, OR + b) 6 months of experience as UPMC Nursing Assistant/CNA with PCT competency achieved within 120 days of hire/transfer/promotion, OR + c) enrollment in PT/OT/PA program or related healthcare training program with completion of at least one clinical rotation, OR + d) completion of a bachelors degree in a health sciences field + Successful completion of UPMC patient care technician class + Successful completion of basic information system training. + Microcomputer experience preferred. + Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing. + Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Paramedic or currently enrolled in an EMT or Paramedic program preferred. + Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse. **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 **UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran**