Patient Care Technician (Psychiatric 7am-7:30pm 11am-11:30pm shift)

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Signet Health is hiring for responsible and experienced Patient Care Technicians.  The position is responsible for daily assistance to patients in connection with personal hygiene, grooming, appointments and activities. Assist patients with particular issue or needs as well as provided appropriate emotional support. Monitor vital signs, temperature and patient condition. Assist nursing staff in administering basic treatments. Ensure rooms have adequate patient care supplies.  /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"The Patient Care Technician position is an important part of the care of the patient.  PCTs see the patients every day and interact with them.  Signet Health offers a market competitive compensation package with a starting hourly pay of $20.25/hour./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Primary Responsibilities Include:/span/pulli style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Understands and adheres to the Westchester Medical Center’s – Behavioral Health Center’s Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors/span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Integrates patient's rights into work practice./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Utilizes current methods of infection control./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Participates in Performance Improvement Initiatives./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Utilizes appropriate steps in the decision-making process to include recognition and priority setting related to patient care and unit-based issues./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Collaborates and communicates with the treatment team./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Completes competency requirements./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Attends mandatory in-services and staff meetings as required/ requested./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Adheres to all policies and procedures including dress code, code of conduct, customer service, attendance and submission of annual physical./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Maintains documentation including shift summaries, significant incident reports, documentation of room checks, etc./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"De-escalate and intervene in crises situations as appropriate. Provide one to one supervision of patients as ordered by medical staff./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Enters all treatment data into the designated clinical application accurately and in a timely manner./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Perform other duties, not listed above, as assigned./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Comply in a timely, honest and quality manner with all Corporate and management reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, DMARS, clinical reporting, Quality reporting, HR and finance reporting requirements./span/lili style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Read, understand and comply with all Signet policies and procedures. /spanstrong style="font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"                                       /strong/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="text-align: center;"strong style="font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Hiring for 12 hour shifts. 7am-7:30pm AND 11am-11:30pm starting pay $20.25/hr. /strong/p Requirements/Qualifications: ullidiv style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Associate Degree from an accredited college or university in a Health and/or Human Services field, strongempreferred/em/strong OR /span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"NYS Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, and/or Patient Care Technician certificate strongempreferred/em/strong OR/span/div/lilispan style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"High School Degree or equivalent strongemrequired/em./strong /span/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Minimum two (2) years of direct patient care experience strongempreferred. /em/strong/span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Previous patient care experience in a behavioral health or hospital setting strongempreferred. /em/strong/span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to direct the activities of patients, to work under potentially stressful conditions, and deal with individuals / critical situations in an effective manner./span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse population./span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to work independently./span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Sufficient physical ability and perceptive acuity to perform patient care functions./span/div/lilidiv style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Successful completion of departmental required training and in-service training./span/div/lilispan style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing and to follow oral and written instructions as well as the ability to read and understand english. /span/li/ul Hospital/Program Description: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"The Behavioral Health Center, located on WMC's Valhalla campus, has been a leading provider of psychiatric services since 1929, offering a full spectrum of inpatient, outpatient, community and emergency care for adults, children, and adolescents./span/p