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Your Job:

In this highly technical, fast-paced, and challenging position, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to provide the very best care for our patients. The Patient Care Technician professional assists with patient care to provide support services to the patient, nursing unit, and professional staff.

Your Job Requirements:

• Graduate from a certified Patient Care Technician, Nursing Assistant, or Medical Assistant Program

• Or 1 year experience as a nursing assistant in a comparable healthcare facility

• Or nursing student who documents completion of the first semester of the nursing program

• Or documented military experience as a medic/corpsman

• Or foreign nursing graduate not currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the

• Or EMT Certification/Paramedic License Experience

• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support card required

• High school diploma or GED required

Your Job Responsibilities:

• Communicate clearly and openly

• Build relationships to promote a collaborative environment

• Be accountable for your performance

• Always look for ways to improve the patient experience

• Take initiative for your professional growth

• Be engaged and eager to build a winning team

Methodist Celina Medical Center is located on a 40+ acre campus just off of Dallas Parkway, and will serve as the community’s first full-service hospital, serving Celina and surrounding communities. The four-story medical center will open with 51 beds, with plans for expansion, and will feature a range of services including cardiology, women’s services, orthopedics, robotic surgery, and more. The campus will also include a 40,000-square-foot medical office building.

The $237 million facility will be one of Celina’s largest employers in the fastest growing city in the country. We strive to have a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Additional Job Description:

Category B: Employee with patient care impact.

FLSA: Non-exempt

Job Purpose:

Under the Direction of the professional staff, assists with patient care to provide support

services to the patient, nursing unit, and professional staff.

Supports the mission, vision, values and strategic goals of Methodist Health System.

Age Specific Care Considerations

Adults: 18+ years - 35 years

Adults: 35+ years - 65 years

Adults: 65+ years

Children D: 12+ years - 18 years

Related Work Experience and Other Skills:

Ability to remain flexible and adaptable to change.

Able to develop and maintain good working relationships with all levels of staff, patients and family members

Able to follow oral and written instructions

Demonstrates accountability for own actions.

Demonstrates compliance with hospital dress code.

Demonstrates initiative, is a self-starter. Is able to work independently, prioritizing and organizing workload effectively to complete tasks within the time frames delegated.

Demonstrates knowledge of medical terms and names of medications.

Demonstrates understanding of MHD guidelines and reference, Infection Control guidelines, and MHS safety guidelines.

Proactive not reactive, analyzes problems accurately, develops recommendations and takes appropriate actions to solve problems.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

General Activity: Sit: 1/3 to 2/3 of time

General Activity: Standing Stationary: 1/3 to 2/3 of time

General Activity: Talk: Up to 1/3 of time

General Activity: Walking: 1/3 to 2/3 of time

Hazardous Conditions: Exposure to Allergic Irritants

Hazardous Conditions: Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Category I

Hazardous Conditions: Exposure to Infectious Diseases

Hazardous Conditions: Exposure to Respiratory Irritants

Hazardous Conditions: Exposure to Skin Irritants

Hazardous Conditions: Use of Electrical Equipment

Hazardous Conditions: Use of Sharp Utensils

Motion: Bend: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Carry: Up to 25 lbs.: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Climb: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Lift: Up to 25 lbs.: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Push/Pull: Up to 100+ lbs.: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Reach: Up to 1/3 of time

Sensory Demands: Hearing Normal Noise Level

Sensory Demands: Hearing Occasional Loud Noise

Sensory Demands: Vision Essential

Use of hands to finger, handle or feel: 2/3 or more of time

Work Environment: Works Indoors

Job Roles:

If specially trained to do, performs additional functions for patients, specifically

delineated for assigned unit: Lab specimens collected; appropriately labeled, and

delivered to lab in a timely manner, utilizing appropriate safety measures to prevent

patient and staff injury; Communicates results of selected tests to professional staff in a

timely manner; Conforms to safety standards dictated by regulatory agencies i.e. safety

manuals, MSD sheets, OSHA issues.

• Maintains clean work environment, adequate equipment and supplies: Equipment is

kept in good working condition; related supplies are kept clean, and are at desired par

levels.

• Performs patient care activities delegated and supervised by the professional staff:

Activities of daily living such as baths, oral hygiene, and oral feedings performed to

satisfaction of patient and professional staff; Patient mobility performed (i.e. turning,

lifting, moving) utilizing appropriate safety measures to prevent patient and self-injury;

Patient meals and nourishments are offered, administered, and recorded in a timely

manner; Assists Nursing staff with admission, discharge, transfer, and transport of

patients.

• Respond effectively in emergencies and assists in prevention of patient injury: Initiates

CPR when appropriate; Utilizes side rails and restraints to prevent patient injury;

Reports to professional staff patients at increased risk for injury.

• Other duties as assigned

Methodist Celina Medical Center is located on a 40+ acre campus just off of Dallas Parkway, and will serve as the community’s first full-service hospital, serving Celina and surrounding communities. The four-story medical center will open with 51 beds, with plans for expansion, and will feature a range of services including cardiology, women’s services, orthopedics, robotic surgery, and more. The campus will also include a 40,000-square-foot medical office building.

The $237 million facility will be one of Celina’s largest employers in the fastest growing city in the country. We strive to have a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Methodist Health System is a faith-based organization with a mission to improve and save lives through compassionate, quality healthcare. For nearly a century, Dallas-based Methodist Health System has been a trusted choice for health and wellness. Named one of the fastest-growing health systems in America by Modern Healthcare , Methodist has a network of 12 hospitals (through ownership and affiliation) with nationally recognized medical services, such as a Level I Trauma Center, multi-organ transplantation, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, neurosurgery, robotic surgical programs, oncology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics, among others. Methodist has more than two dozen clinics located throughout the region, renowned teaching programs, innovative research, and a strong commitment to the community. Our reputation as an award-winning employer shows in the distinctions we’ve earned:

• Magnet® designations for Methodist Dallas, Methodist Charlton, Methodist Mansfield, and Methodist Richardson Medical Centers

• 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review , 2023

• Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer, Gold Designation, 2023

• Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer, 2023

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Methodist Health System (MHS) to select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. It has been, and will continue to be, the policy of MHS to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, marital status, genetic information or ancestry. This policy affects decisions including, but not limited to, an employee’s compensation, benefits, terms and conditions of employment, opportunities for promotion, training, development, transfer all other privileges of employment. MHS is committed to maintain a working environment free of intimidation, workplace discrimination and harassment. Retaliation or attempted retaliatory behavior that occurs as a result of an employee’s exercise of their rights under this policy or any other statutorily protected right is strictly prohibited and will be grounds for disciplinary action.