Tech Patient Care

Job Title

Patient Care Technician – Staffing Float

Location

Baltimore, MD | Long-Term Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Nights | 3x12-Hour Shifts (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM)

Key Responsibilities

• Float across units within scope to support facility staffing needs in a long-term acute care environment
• Assist patients with ambulation, feeding, turning/repositioning, linen changes, mouth care, and incontinence care
• Perform clinical skills including vital signs, 12-lead EKG/ECG, finger sticks, intake/output, sterile specimen collection, and phlebotomy
• Provide routine catheter care and collect urine/stool specimens as required
• Recognize and report abnormal vital signs to appropriate clinical staff
• Execute safe patient transfers, patient transport, specimen labeling/transport, and infection-control practices; document care using Cerner

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of Patient Care Technician experience
• Acute Care experience required
• BLS certification required
• PCT certification required
• Basic EKG Exam required
• Valid Maryland or Compact license required at time of submission
• Telemetry (Tele) experience required
• Proficiency with Cerner charting system required
• Open scheduling availability required; block scheduling is not available
• Candidates must be available to attend all orientation days (Tuesday–Friday, day shift)
• Strict time and attendance compliance required; facility maintains a zero-tolerance policy for tardiness and unexcused absences
• Must be available to work every other major holiday (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas); no RTO approved on blackout dates including Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Halloween, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Teaching hospital experience preferred
• Dialysis experience preferred
• CPCT/A certification preferred

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to gain diverse clinical experience by floating across units in a dynamic long-term acute care setting
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply for this position