Patient Care

• Provide couplet care to patients who have recently delivered in the Labor & Delivery unit
• Deliver patient-centered care to postpartum and newborn nursery patients and their families
• Perform delegated patient care interventions
• Obtain vital signs
• Bathe and feed patients
• Dress wounds
• Assist with hygiene
• Clean rooms and linens
• Provide emotional support
• Perform environmental and inventory activities to maintain a safe, clean, and appropriately equipped environment
• Contribute to efficient department operations and quality patient/family clinical outcomes

Patient Care Technician – Postpartum

• Deliver direct clinical and support services to patients and families under RN direction
• Participate in remote telemonitoring and continuously observe assigned patients using video monitoring equipment
• Collaborate with RNs, nurse managers, MDs, PCTs, and the safety team to assess remote monitoring appropriateness
• Communicate patient conditions, monitoring alarms, delegated task completion, and patient data findings to the RN and safety team
• Collect and document vital signs, intake/output, blood sugar, weights, restraint monitoring, and other patient data
• Respond to call lights and provide basic hygiene, skin care, feeding, oral suctioning, mobility, and comfort assistance
• Assist with admissions, discharges, transfers, treatments, procedures, preoperative care, specimen collection, EKGs, phlebotomy, and basic patient testing
• Identify emergencies and initiate appropriate responses within role scope
• Set up, use, clean, decontaminate, maintain, and log remote video monitoring and other patient-care equipment
• Support unit operations through telephone coverage, belongings tracking, inventory management, room organization, supply restocking, and environmental cleaning

Patient Care Technician, Virtual Safety Tech

• Provide basic patient care under the supervision and direction of a Registered Nurse
• Provide for patients’ personal needs, comfort, and safety
• Perform technical, therapeutic, administrative tasks, and trained procedures
• Participate as a multi-skilled caregiver on the patient care team
• Measure vital signs, height and weight, and oxygen saturation
• Report unusual observations to the nurse
• Collect specimens for analysis
• Record and measure intake and output
• Provide personal care and assist with daily activities
• Perform basic clinical procedures independently or under RN supervision
• Assist with nutritional needs, order room service, set up meal trays, and feed patients

Patient Care Technician – Float Pool

• Provide basic care activities and attend to patients’ personal needs, comfort, and safety
• Assist with delivery of patient care under the direction of the Registered Nurse
• Perform trained technical, therapeutic, and administrative tasks and procedures
• Participate as a multi-skilled caregiver on the patient care team
• Measure vital signs, height, weight, and oxygen saturation
• Report unusual observations to the nurse
• Collect specimens for analysis
• Record and measure intake and output
• Provide personal care and assist with daily activities
• Perform basic clinical procedures independently or under RN supervision
• Assist with nutritional needs, including ordering room service, setting up meal trays, and feeding

Patient Care Technician, Float Pool

• Perform various patient care activities and accommodative services
• Work under the general supervision of a Registered or Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse
• Perform patient care activities within the limits of the position
• Follow PAM Health policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Provide care without administering medications or therapy
• Avoid assuming independent responsibility for patient care

Patient Care Technician, PCT – FT Days

• Perform various patient care activities and accommodative services
• Work under the general supervision of a Registered or Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse
• Perform patient care activities in accordance with position limits
• Follow PAM Health policies, procedures, and guidelines

Patient Care jobs in Massachusetts

Patient Care Technician – Postpartum

Patient Care Technician, Virtual Safety Tech

Patient Care Technician – Float Pool

Patient Care Technician, Float Pool

Patient Care Technician, PCT – FT Days

Patient Care Technician, PCT – FT Nights