About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree’s philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides’ clincal progams rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:
Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, performs basic, routine duties related directly and indirectly to patient care.
Responsibilities:

EDUCATION:

High School Diploma or High School Equivalency required.
Successful completion of Certified Nursing Assistant Program, or New York State Certified Nursing Assistant Program, or EMS Training.
Pass Patient Care Technician (PCT) Test (75% or greater).

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of 1 year of experience in direct patient care.

SKILLS:

Technical skills required for patient care.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Good interpersonal skills.
Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.
Pay Range: USD $26.88 - USD $27.41 /Hr. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard for race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status or domestic violence victim status, citizenship status, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. MMC is committed to following the requirements of the New York State Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest

1. Performs hand off communication at bedside.
   20.* Prepares equipment and patient for treatments or invasive procedures (e.g., sets up rooms, gathers equipment and trays, applies simple non-sterile dressings).
   21.* Prepares pre- and post-operative beds; moves beds/furniture as necessary.
   22.* Keeps patient unit and non-patient unit clean (e.g., wipes tables, cleans area, clean-up after procedures, cleans equipment between patients).
   23.* Prepares area/unit with proper equipment for admission, transfer or discharge of patient.
   24.* Answers telephones, prepares admission/discharge charts as required.
   25.* Stocks and maintains supplies and equipment in area as directed (par level); reports need to restock to manager and/or designee.
2. Applies principles of infection control by following proper handwashing techniques, and isolation precautions.
   27.* Makes frequent patient rounds to ensure patient safety and comfort.
3. Reports significant unit problems to charge nurse.
   29.* Renders postmortem care (e.g., prepares body for morgue).
   30.* Patient care responsibilities are delivered with a knowledge of patient growth and development and are appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
   31.* Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards. Promotes adherence to the Patient’s Bill of Rights.