Full-Time Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Technician - UPMC Presbyterian Adult Acute Care (10EW)

p class="MsoNormal"strongAre you looking to establish a fulfilling, hands-on health care career while elevating the patient experience? As a Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Technician with UPMC Presbyterian, you’ll make a meaningful difference on our team by working with our Life Changers to provide high-quality patient care./strong/pp class="MsoNormal"strongNursing Support roles require working rotating shifts, including daytime, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts. Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians will also be expected to work 12-hour shifts, with the possibility of a mix of 8-hour and 12-hour shifts./strong/pp class="MsoNormal"strongAll hired candidates are required to complete a mandatory training course, with full attendance expected for the entire duration./strong/pp class="MsoNormal"stronguAbout the Role:/u/strong/pp class="MsoNormal"Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians provide routine patient care and support the department services in accordance with established policies and procedures. This role will be directed by nurses and/or physicians to ensure that the highest degree of quality patient care can be maintained at all times. Patient care duties may include, but are not limited to, ADLs (bathing, feeding, transporting, toileting, ambulating, turning and repositioning patients, and blood glucose), vital signs, simple dressings, EKGs, bladder scans, and all specimen collections.   /pp class="MsoNormal"stronguUPMC’s Nursing Support Career Ladder:/u/strong/pp class="MsoNormal"Our goal at UPMC is to help you build YOUR career, starting with our robust career ladder! A Nursing Support career at UPMC Shadyside maximizes your potential and advances you to wherever you’d like to go, ensuring that you are equipped with resources, mentors, and leadership along the way./pp class="MsoNormal"The UPMC Inpatient Patient Care Support Career Ladder offers opportunities for continued growth and advancement. Title and salary will be determined based upon education and patient care experience./pbr ul type="disc"li class="MsoNormal"Successful completion of UPMC nursing assistant or EIC training program or Successful completion of UPMC patient care technician class./lili class="MsoNormal"Knowledge of body mechanics and transfer techniques./lili class="MsoNormal"Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing./lili class="MsoNormal"Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) preferred./lili class="MsoNormal"Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse./lili class="MsoNormal"strongNursing Assistant:/strongul type="circle"li class="MsoNormal"High school diploma or equivalent./li/ul/lili class="MsoNormal"strongPatient Care Technician:/strongul type="circle"li class="MsoNormal"High school diploma or equivalent./lili class="MsoNormal"1 year of healthcare experience, OR completion of at least one clinical rotation as part of a nursing or PT/OT/PA program or related health care training, OR completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in a health sciences field./li/ul/lili class="MsoNormal"strongPatient Care Technician – Senior:/strongul type="circle"li class="MsoNormal"High school diploma or equivalent./lili class="MsoNormal"2 years of healthcare experience, OR 1 year of experience plus completion of at least one clinical rotation as part of a nursing or PT/OT/PA program or related health care training, OR 1 year of experience and completion of a bachelor’s degree in a health sciences field./lili class="MsoNormal"Annual completion of a professional contribution to be determined after hire./lili class="MsoNormal"Successful completion of Senior training class./li/ul/li/ulp class="MsoNormal"stronguLicensure, Certifications, and Clearances:/u/strong/pul type="disc"li class="MsoNormal"Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)ul type="circle"li class="MsoNormal"CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire/li/ul/lili class="MsoNormal"Act 34/li/ulp class="MsoNormal"strongUPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran/strong/p