Patient Care Technician/Nursing Assistant - Psychiatry Full Time Days

• Assists patients with basic needs including bathing, grooming, dressing, eating and using the restroom.  
• Regularly measures and records vital signs such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration. 
• Draws blood, urine, or stool samples for testing. 
• Obtains blood glucose levels, EKGs.  
• Performing constant observation and proactive safety rounds, performing activities of daily living assistance; engaging patients in meaningful interaction and activities. 
• Immediately reports and changes in a patient’s condition to the nursing staff. 
• Maintaining safe, clean, and therapeutic environments; responding to patient call bells; answering phones; property and environment searches. 
• Ordering, maintaining, and putting away supplies; other duties as assigned. 
• Assists patients in moving around, transferring them to and from beds, wheelchairs and other devices. 
• Acts as a liaison between patients, families and medical staff. 
• Provides comfort and reassurance to patients and their families. 

Required Experience & Qualifications: 

• Current BLS provider certification from the American Heart Association. 
• PCT certification required within first year of employment. 

Preferred Experience & Qualifications:

• High school Diploma or equivalent. 
• Prior experience in a Nursing Assistant role in a hospital, nursing home, or ambulatory setting.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.                                             

• Ability to stand, walk, and move quickly for extende