Patient Care Technician Training October 2023

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Ready to start your career in healthcare? St. Louis Community College and SSM Health are seeking qualified individuals to attend training to work as full-time Clinical Partners at St. Clare - Fenton, DePaul Hospital, St. Mary's - St. Louis. This 9-week accelerated training program combines online classroom instruction, hands-on skill labs and on-the-job training in a clinical practice. The training satisfies the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services requirements for Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP).

Training Schedule:

Classroom Training | 3 alternating weeks at St. Louis Community College

Clinical Practice | 3 alternating weeks

• Three 12-hour shifts weekly at the assigned SSM Health hospital

Current Eligibility:
Enrollment for the PCT program is selective. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements to be selected.

Before you apply you must:

• Be 18+ years old
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent

Shift availability is determined by each department.

Job Summary:

Participates in training program while working in job capacity. Supports the overall positive patient care experience by providing assistance to nursing staff and physicians. Provides patient care responsibilities under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributes to the overall quality and safe care for patients by answering call lights, taking vital signs and monitoring behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.
• Communicates clearly with instructors, associates and patients.
• Contributes to exceptional patient satisfaction by establishing a compassionate environment by timely responses to patients' needs, open communication and providing emotional and psychological support.
• Contributes to safety and quality care by relaying information via charting and communicating to team members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Creates a positive patient experience by assisting patients with their activities of daily living including assisting with baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene and making occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Complies with privacy and confidentiality policies related to utilization of the medical record.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Attends classes and clinical rotations as determined by program.
• Contributes to quality care and safety by assisting and performing procedures such as toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, measuring and recording intake and output of fluids.

EDUCATION

• No education required

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Occasional driving.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

Department:

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

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