Patient Care Technician Resume Sample

These are some examples of job descriptions we have handpicked from real Patient Care Technician resumes for your reference.

I started as a patient care technician and worked towards becoming certified as a CCHT (clinical certified hemodialysis technician).
In 2016 I was promoted to PCT in which I was responsible for training and mentorship of new staff.
I was responsible to open and closer the clinic for operation.
I mixed essential chemicals needed for safe dialysis treatment.

A year and a half experience at Fresenius as a Patient Care Technician helping patients receive regular dialysis treatments.
Continuously making patients feel comfortable while monitoring for any medical complications and technical problems.
Ensure that the dialysis machine is working properly and that blood is moving through the tubes.

Disinfect dialysis equipment and prepare the fluid used for each patient during dialysis.
Insert dialysis needles into a patient’s arm veins and start the equipment.
Inject patients with anticoagulants and change the speed or rate of dialysis as necessary during the procedure.
Disconnect the patient from the equipment and apply dressings to the puncture area.

Answered patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients’ needs.
Provided physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
Reviewed patients’ dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.
Measured and recorded food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.

Engage residents in recreational activities, ADL’s (activities of daily living), and behavioral management.
Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and coordinate discharge planning.
Routinely work one-on-one patients suffering traumatic brain injuries, developmentally disabled and dementia patients.

Ensures that necessary equipment and supplies are present in the patient rooms and on the unit.
Assists in keeping patient environment, patient equipment and patient care areas/units clean, safe and orderly.
Uses a clear, caring and respectful communication style with patients and families, nurses and other members of the health care team.

Monitoring residents comfort and safety while enhancing their stability to return to the community.
Recording vital signs and reporting any new discolorations of the residents skin.
Assisting 40 to 50 residents with daily living, personal hygiene, wound care, range of motion and walking, game activities, arts and crafts.

Maintain accurate records of patient care, condition, progress and concerns.
Observe and document patient status and reported patient complaints to the RN.
Read and record temperature, pulse and respiration.
Respond appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients.

Implement behavioral interventions and modifications to adults, adolescents and children as per the treatment plan under the guidance of professional multidisciplinary treatment team.
Teach independent living and self-help skills to individuals with serious mental disorders.
When necessary, de-escalate crisis situations through appropriate therapeutic interventions.

Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.
Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.

Assist nurses and physicians in all aspects of patient care, within four emergency room units comprised of trauma, critical care, and fast track.
Assess patients’ needs on the basis of available data, observations and interviewing of patients, and document all chart data.
Conduct patient assessments, obtain and record vital signs, perform phlebotomy, administer EKG’s and conduct glucose testing.
Pick up and transport patient medications, solutions, syringes, gloves, gowns, masks, respiratory and ambu bags as per nurses’ and physicians’ request.

The most important role was to provide patient care and patient safety to the patient population I was assigned.
I have become very skilled in venipuncture and very efficient in EKG performance.
I do vital signs and understand my role as a patient care technician, alongside the other healthcare professionals, under different protocols.