Patient Care Technician

Job Title: Patient Care Technician 
Location: Hackensack, NJ, 07601
Duration: April 28, 2025 – July 26, 2025
Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Schedule: 3 x 12-hour shifts, 40 hours per week, Every Other Weekend Required, 3/6 Holiday Requirement, No On-Call Requirement

Job Summary:
The Patient Care Technician is responsible for assisting registered professional nurses in the care of patients. He/she performs all of the essential generic job functions as listed below.

Essential Generic Job Functions:

• Welcomes patients and checks for proper identification bracelets.

• Prepares the patient for assessment/admission, physical examination, and procedures.

• Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric aged patients using proper aseptic collection techniques, assures appropriate labeling and processing of specimens.

• Performs EKG for patients as directed.

• Assures the presence, functionality, and cleanliness of all necessary equipment.

• Assists in the transport of patients to departments or units upon request.

• Assists with preparation as necessary, assuring the patient is assisted with meals or fed as needed.

• Checks inventory of assigned area and restocks as directed.

• Ensures room environment is prepared for admission.

• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.

• Takes vital signs on admission under the direction of the RN, documents accordingly, and notifies the RN of results. Assists with admission inclusive of checking patient ID bands.

• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.

• Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient’s intake and output.

• Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly and communicating with the RN immediately for any change in patient condition.

• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care specific to those needs (e.g., age, culture, language, impairments).

• Communicates with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their appropriate developmental and literacy level.

• Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients, and visitors.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Education:

  • High school diploma or equivalent – Required

• Licensure & Certifications:

  • Current BLS/CPR certification from the American Heart Association – Required

  • Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, or Patient Care Technician certification including Phlebotomy, EKG, and nursing assistant training (theoretical and clinical) – Required

• Required Skills & Experience:

  • Not specified

• Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • At least one (1) year of PCT or CNA experience in a hospital setting strongly preferred