Job Description
Find your calling at Mercy!
Under the direction of the RN or LPN, assists in the individualized care of the patient to achieve the patient's highest level of wellness. Works cooperatively with others as part of a team; recognizes the importance of group goals. Performs designated clinical procedures and non-clinical support tasks essential to providing care to the patient.
Position Details:
Patient Care Technician (PCT) - PRN
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Make a Difference Every Shift
Are you passionate about helping others and looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in healthcare? Join Mercy Springfield as a Patient Care Technician (PCT) and become an essential part of a compassionate team dedicated to providing exceptional patient care.
In this role, you'll work closely with nurses and other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive the support, comfort, and care they need throughout their healthcare journey. Whether you're beginning your healthcare career or bringing previous patient care experience, Mercy provides the training, support, and growth opportunities to help you succeed.
What You'll Do
As a Patient Care Technician, you will:
Assist patients with daily living activities, including hygiene, mobility, feeding, repositioning, and comfort needs
Monitor and record vital signs and other patient information in the electronic medical record (EMR)
Observe and report changes in patient conditions to the care team
Support patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
Perform specimen collection and point-of-care testing as assigned
Collaborate with nurses, physicians, and team members to deliver high-quality patient care
Maintain a safe, clean, and healing environment for patients
Provide clerical and unit support, including answering phones and monitoring call lights when needed
Advanced Patient Care Opportunities
Depending on training, department needs, and competency validation, PCTs may also perform advanced patient care skills, including:
- Enteral tube feeding
- Blood culture collection
- Wound care and dressing changes
- IV removal
- Burn dressing changes and debridement
- Chest tube setup
- Suture tray setup
- Visual acuity testing
- Pelvic exam setup
- Whirlpool wound care treatments
- Additional clinical skills as assigned
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- CNA, CPCT, or enrollment in a healthcare career program through high school curriculum OR
- Age 18 or older and eligible to participate in Mercy's UAP training program
- BLS Certification within one month of hire
- Completion of required PCT competencies within three months of hire
No experience required.
For candidates without prior experience, Mercy provides a comprehensive 175-hour training program that meets state requirements and helps prepare you for success in your new role.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Certified Patient Care Technician (CPCT)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Paramedic
- Advanced Unlicensed Assistant (AUA)
- Previous patient care experience
Why Mercy?
At Mercy, we're committed to investing in our coworkers and creating an environment where you can grow professionally while making a difference every day.
Comprehensive training provided
Supportive team environment
Opportunities to gain valuable hands-on clinical experience
Work alongside experienced healthcare professionals
Be part of one of the region's most trusted healthcare organizations
Physical Requirements
This position requires:
- Frequent standing and walking throughout the shift
- Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds regularly
- Reaching, bending, kneeling, twisting, squatting, and gripping as part of daily patient care activities
Apply Today
If you're compassionate, motivated, and ready to help patients receive the exceptional care they deserve, we'd love to hear from you. Join Mercy Springfield and start making a difference as a PRN Patient Care Technician.
Mercy Springfield | Caring for Lives, Growing Careers
Why Mercy?
From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.
Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Springfield, Missouri |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1986 |
| Website | https://www.mercy.net/ |
About Company
Our Mercy health system was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. But our heritage goes back more than 185 years. It began with an Irish woman named Catherine McAuley, who wanted to help the poor women and children of Dublin. Though Catherine had a modest upbringing, she received an unexpected inheritance that allowed her to fulfill her dreams. In 1827, she opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, intending to teach skills to poor women and educate children. Many volunteers came to help. A few years later, Catherine founded the Sisters of Mercy, the first religious order not bound to the rules of the cloister, whose Sisters were free to walk among the poor and visit them in their homes. By the time Catherine died in 1841, there were convents in Ireland and England, and in 1843, the Sisters of Mercy came to the United States. In 1871, they traveled to St. Louis and from there throughout the Midwest, beginning what would, today be known as Mercy.
Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems in 2018, 2017 and 2016 by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy includes more than 40 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, 800 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 44,000 co-workers and 2,100 Mercy Clinic physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, supply chain organization, ROi, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients in more than 20 states coast to coast.
Skills
- Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
- Blood Bankunmatched
- Call Monitoringunmatched
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)unmatched
- Clinical Assessmentunmatched
- Clinical Competencyunmatched
- Clinical Medicineunmatched
- Clinical Supportunmatched
- EMT-Paramedicsunmatched
- Electronic Medical Recordsunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurseunmatched
- Lift/Move 50 Poundsunmatched
- Medical Recordsunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- OBGYN Examinationsunmatched
- Patient Admissionsunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Physical Demandsunmatched
- Secondary Schoolunmatched
- Specimen Collectionunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Telephone Skillsunmatched
- Training Programunmatched
- Training/Teachingunmatched
- Training/Teaching Curriculumunmatched
- Wound Careunmatched
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