Patient Care Technician

Patient Care Technician

Join the transformative team at City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

As a successful candidate, you will:

The Patient Care Technician(PCT) is an individual who possess the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver specific patient care services to selected patients at the direction of and under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The PCT actively supports the efforts of the health care team through the delivery of services in a prompt, accurate and courteous manner.

• Provides accurate, reliable, courteous and timely services to all customers.
• Draws blood in accordance with physician order using appropriate techniques and equipment.
• Delivers in a knowledgeable consistent and skillful manner under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
• Demonstrates competence appropriate to their role and function in high risk and/or problem prone behaviors.
• Delivers patient care in a manner consistent with the scope of practice of their discipline and the standards established by City of Hope as expressed in the plans for provision of care and policies and procedures.
• Maintains current knowledge and awareness of organizational and regulatory standards, policies and procedures.
• Participates in a collaborative, empowered work environment as demonstrated through teamwork.
• Effectively communicates with all customers and team members to meet organizational goals and to provide customer satisfaction.
• Maintains current knowledge and skills through attendance and participation in organizational and departmental meetings and continuing education activities.
• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility by appropriate and timely use of organizational resources.
• Actively participates in performance improvement activities to continuously improve service delivery.

Your qualifications should include:

• High School Graduate or equivalent plus one of the following:
  • Certification as a Nursing Assistant with active license/certificate or
  • Medical Assistant with active license/certificate
• Candidate will be required to maintain active license during employment in the role.
• 1 year as a PCA, MA or CNA in an acute care setting
• AHA BLS Certification
• State of California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) active or in process. Upon receipt of certificate, must maintain active status during employment in the role.

Additional Information:

• This position is part of a collective bargaining unit.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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