Patient Care Tech (PCT) - Bariatric Surgical Unit

Company: Ascension (System Office)
Location: Pensacola
Posted on: September 10, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring

Patient Care Technician (PCT) - Bariatric Surgical Unit - PRN, Days - Sacred Heart Hospital - Pensacola, FL

Why Join Ascension?

Thank you for your interest in Northwest Florida's leading health care provider - Sacred Heart Health System.

Northwest Florida is a growing, family-oriented community, offering a mild climate, year-round recreational opportunities and beautiful sugar-white beaches along the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

As part of Ascension - the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic health system - Sacred Heart offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. Our associates consistently give high ratings to their workplace engagement and leadership's support for their well-being.

Sacred Heart was founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1915. While our technology has improved dramatically and the buildings have grown and expanded, our commitment to the mission remains steadfast: to provide excellent health care to all people, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. For our more than 100-year history, we have been blessed with talented associates who believe in our mission and are dedicated to serving our patients and families.

Sacred Heart Health System includes hospital campuses in Pensacola, Miramar Beach and Port St. Joe, Florida, as well as The Studer Family Children's Hospital at Sacred Heart - Northwest Florida's only children's hospital - and Sacred Heart Medical Group, the largest network of primary care and specialty physicians in Northwest Florida. In affiliation with the University of Florida, Sacred Heart offers the region's only kidney transplant program, as well as physician residency programs to train the next generation of doctors in internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology. To learn more about Sacred Heart Health System, visit www.sacred-heart.org.

What You Will Do:

Every day that you come to work, you improve people's lives! As our Patient Care Technician, you not only impact the lives of the patients who you touch, but you have an impact on the patient's entire family! As our PCT, you are the member of the healthcare team who has the most direct contact with our patients; and they will remember you!

Patient Care Techs perform basic clinical and non-clinical patient care activities under supervision in assigned area.

Responsibilities:

* Aids with entry and exit of patients.
* Assists patients with tending to personal care and activities of daily living.
* Reports findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to nursing staff. Documents necessary records.
* Responsible for keeping patient rooms clean and orderly as well as maintaining medical equipment.

What You Will Need:

Required Credential(s):

* BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Education:

* Diploma
* High school education or equivalent required
* Completion of a medical program such as MA/CNA/PCT/EMT, etc. strongly preferred



Work Experience:

* 1 year of relevant experience preferred

Be part of the healthcare team most preferred by patients in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties over its competitors as the hospital that has the best providers for:

* Best Overall Quality
* Best Doctors
* Best Nurses
* Most Personalized Care

Join our team of amazing healthcare professionals!

Equal Employment Opportunity

Sacred Heart Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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