Patient Support Technician, Intermediate Care Unit, FT Nights

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Patient Support Technician, Intermediate Care Unit, FT Nights

Sumter, SC
Posted 6 days ago

About the job

Prisma Health transforms healthcare for communities. The Patient Support Technician provides basic care, documentation, and ensures patient safety in the ICU, supporting compassionate health service delivery.

Requirements

  • Healthcare experience preferred
  • Basic nursing care skills
  • Knowledge of medical equipment
  • Ability to communicate effectively

Qualifications

  • Completion of Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant course
  • Current or former CNA or CMA certification
  • Related healthcare training or experience
  • Heart saver skills

Full job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Provides direct care as assigned. May require access to storage areas where medications are kept and carry out procedures that require the use of non-prescription medications.

Essential Functions

  • All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

  • Communicates and informs appropriate personnel, patients and family members of pertinent information in a timely manner.

  • Maintains accurate paper and electronic documentation.

  • Utilizes equipment and supplies safely and appropriately; orders supplies as needed; labels specimens correctly.

  • Performs basic nursing care, simple and complex procedures, multiple treatments, waived testing and transports assigned patients.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

  • This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education - Completion of a Nursing Assistant, Patient Care Tech, Medical Assistant or Nursing Fundamentals course.

  • Experience - Previous nursing assistant, medical assistant or related experience preferred.

In Lieu Of

  • In lieu of the education and experience requirements noted above, the following combination of education, training and/or experience may be considered an equivalent substitution:

  • required coursework, will accept 1 year of related healthcare experience.

  • nursing assistant training course, will accept current or former state CNA certification as proof of completed state required training at time of hire.   

  • school verification of a medical assistant training course, will accept current or former CMA certification as proof of completed required training at time of hire.   

   

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

  • NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Skills necessary to care for patients.

  • Heart saver

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Tuomey

Facility

Tuomey Hospital

Department

Medical Stepdown Unit

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

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