Patient Care Tech / PCT ICU - Lovelace Westside Hospital

Join our team as a variable shift, PRN, Intensive Care Unit  (ICU) Patient Care Technician (PCT)  in Albuquerque, NM. 

Fulfilling your purpose begins here: 

People First, Always. Here’s how we take care of our people: 

• Competitive salaries, support teams and growth opportunities. 

Your team is bigger than your department: 

• Lovelace Westside Hospital provides care to Albuquerque’s Westside and Rio Rancho, including a 24-hour emergency department and a wide range of inpatient and outpatient surgical capabilities such as Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), bariatric and orthopedic service lines.
• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute to. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect. 

• Works under limited supervision of nursing and medical staff and with full proficiency to perform all duties of a PCT, which include assisting patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, eating, and other ADLs.
• Observes patients’ progress to prepare and disseminate reports to Registered Nurse or other medical staff.
• Obtains and records patients' vital signs and collects specimens for lab tests.
• Provides basic patient transport and housekeeping duties.
• Measures and records patients' intake and output and other measurements in accordance with unit routines, assist patients with range of motion, and draws blood.
• Additionally, assists in providing treatments to patients, performs technical procedures such as feeding tube and catheter administration, suture/staple removal, splinting of extremities, and performs ECGs as ordered.
• Coordinates daily activities for assigned unit to include general clerical and administrative support and participates in performance improvement activities to enhance and maintain personal and department qualifications and standards of performance.

Job Requirements: 

• High School or GED.
• Must have BLS certification within 30 days of hire or transfer into position.
• Completion of approved CNA, PCT, or paramedic (EMT-P).
• Certification which includes BLS, or may be senior nursing student with less than one semester to complete in nursing program; responsible for maintaining certificate.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Medical Terminology.
• Experience in Phlebotomy or completion of a Phlebotomy course.
• Demonstrated proficiency in phlebotomy.
• 5 years’ experience in acute or long-term care.