Tech Patient Care

Job Title

Patient Care Technician – Staffing Float

Location

Baltimore, MD | Long-Term Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | 3x12-Hour Shifts | 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM | Open scheduling availability required (block scheduling not available)

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; recognize and report abnormal vital signs
• Perform safe patient transfers and transport, specimen labeling and transport, and adhere to infection-control practices
• Document patient care accurately using Cerner electronic health records

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of Patient Care Technician experience
• Acute Care experience required
• BLS certification required
• PCT certification required
• Basic EKG Exam required
• Telemetry (Tele) experience required
• Proficiency with Cerner charting system required
• Valid Maryland or Compact license required at time of submission
• Candidates must have open scheduling availability; facility maintains a strict time and attendance policy with zero tolerance for tardiness or unexcused absences
• Must be available to work every other major holiday (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas); time-off requests are not accepted on designated blackout dates

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