Patient Care Technicians provide routine patient care and support the department services in accordance with established policies and procedures, focusing on surgical oncology and medical patients.
Compensation
The starting pay for a Patient Care Technician is $19.80.
Responsibilities
Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors
Report equipment malfunctions to the appropriate department
Establish effective communication strategies and respectful relationships
Contribute to universal unit activities (e.g., responding to call lights, passing meal trays, transporting patients)
Receive feedback constructively and identify learning needs
Develops, coordinates, and leads standardized orientation, training, continuing education, and competency programs for team members who reprocess reusable medical devices across Mercyhealth.
Compensation
PAY RANGE: $22.73 - $32.96
Responsibilities
Develops and implements system-wide sterile processing and high-level disinfection education plan and training curriculum for onboarding and ongoing staff development in hospital and clinic settings.
Develops, reviews, and updates system-wide policies and procedures regarding sterile processing and HLD and provides appropriate education to staff.
Conducts audits to monitor compliance with policies and procedures and manufacturer’s written instructions for use (IFU).
Collaborates with SPD System Manager, SPD System Director, Infection Prevention staff, and hospital and clinic leadership to develop and implement quality assurance and performance improvement activities.
Visits all Mercyhealth Sterile Processing Departments at a minimum quarterly.
Coordinates activities of workers engaged in lifting, transporting, storing and loading materials and products by use of conveyors, industrial trucks or by hand.
Compensation
Salary: $36,153 - $53,125 + eligible for bonus program
Responsibilities
Coordinates Material Handlers to ensure their time is utilized efficiently to achieve production, quality, sanitation and customer service standards.
Confers with management to coordinate flow of product and ensure all safety precautions are followed and taken.
Enforces schedules and estimated labor hours required for effective completion of daily job assignments.
Reports compliance of assigned teams in work areas to operational standards and initiatives.
Participates in the recommendation of Kaizen activities to improve all aspects of the operation.
Certified Nursing Assistant providing direct patient care in the Med/Surg IMCU.
Responsibilities
Assists patients with basic patient care tasks such as bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming, feeding, transferring, ambulating, transporting, and making beds
Cleans and maintains equipment, patient rooms, and other areas
Measures and records vital signs including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, glucometer, oxygen saturation, weight intake and output, and food consumption
Reports patient status changes or requests to licensed nursing staff
Documents patient care information per policies and procedures in the medical record
A Senior Patient Care Technician role on an Adult Med/Surg unit focused on Neurology and Oncology. The role involves 36 hours per week with rotating shifts including weekends and holidays.
Responsibilities
Suggests and supports changes within the department.
Assumes responsibility for assignment and views problems as challenges.
Demonstrates awareness of behavior on the efficient functioning of the department.
Supports department based projects and quality initiatives.
The Supply Chain Technician supports the accurate and efficient flow of supplies within the facility by receiving, stocking, and distributing materials in accordance with established inventory and supply chain procedures.
Responsibilities
Receives, inspects, and processes incoming shipments, verifying contents against packing slips and reporting discrepancies to leadership.
Stocks storeroom and warehouse items in designated locations using FIFO principles.
Maintains safety stock levels by reviewing and updating min/max quantities for storeroom and POC supply areas.
Performs scheduled physical inventory counts and cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy, resolving discrepancies as needed.
Picks and stages supplies based on department requisitions, applying patient charge stickers where applicable and ensuring system accuracy.