Patient Care Technician (Psychiatric)
Company: Signet Health
Location: Valhalla
Posted on: June 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Overview Signet Health is hiring for responsible and experienced
Patient Care Technicians. The position is responsible for daily
assistance to patients in connection with personal hygiene,
grooming, appointments and activities. Assist patients with
particular issue or needs as well as provided appropriate emotional
support. Monitor vital signs, temperature and patient condition.
Assist nursing staff in administering basic treatments. Ensure
rooms have adequate patient care supplies. The Patient Care
Technician position is an important part of the care of the
patient. PCTs see the patients every day and interact with them.
Signet Health offers a market competitive compensation package with
a starting hourly pay of $20.25/hour. Primary Responsibilities
Include: Understands and adheres to the Westchester Medical
Center’s – Behavioral Health Center’s Performance Standards,
Policies and Behaviors Integrates patient's rights into work
practice. Utilizes current methods of infection control.
Participates in Performance Improvement Initiatives. Utilizes
appropriate steps in the decision-making process to include
recognition and priority setting related to patient care and
unit-based issues. Collaborates and communicates with the treatment
team. Completes competency requirements. Attends mandatory
in-services and staff meetings as required/ requested. Adheres to
all policies and procedures including dress code, code of conduct,
customer service, attendance and submission of annual physical.
Maintains documentation including shift summaries, significant
incident reports, documentation of room checks, etc. De-escalate
and intervene in crises situations as appropriate. Provide one to
one supervision of patients as ordered by medical staff. Enters all
treatment data into the designated clinical application accurately
and in a timely manner. Perform other duties, not listed above, as
assigned. Comply in a timely, honest and quality manner with all
Corporate and management reporting requirements, including, but not
limited to, DMARS, clinical reporting, Quality reporting, HR and
finance reporting requirements. Read, understand and comply with
all Signet policies and procedures. Hiring for 12 hour shifts.
7pm-7:30am starting pay $20.25/hr. Requirements/Qualifications
Associate Degree from an accredited college or university in a
Health and/or Human Services field, preferred OR NYS Certified
Nursing Assistant, Medical Assistant, and/or Patient Care
Technician certificate preferred OR High School Degree or
equivalent required . Minimum two (2) years of direct patient care
experience preferred. Previous patient care experience in a
behavioral health or hospital setting preferred. Ability to direct
the activities of patients, to work under potentially stressful
conditions, and deal with individuals / critical situations in an
effective manner. Ability to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with diverse population. Ability to work
independently. Sufficient physical ability and perceptive acuity to
perform patient care functions. Successful completion of
departmental required training and in-service training. Ability to
communicate effectively, verbally and in writing and to follow oral
and written instructions as well as the ability to read and
understand english. Hospital/Program Description The Westchester
Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare
system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on
eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley.
WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000
attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma
Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an
academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of
specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted
living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental
health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the
pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.
The Behavioral Health Center, located on WMC's Valhalla campus, has
been a leading provider of psychiatric services since 1929,
offering a full spectrum of inpatient, outpatient, community and
emergency care for adults, children, and adolescents.
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