Patient Care Tech

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family Jump-start your career as a Patient Care Tech today with HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital. Multiple positions available. Full time days is 3 12-hour shifts per week; core hours are 7am to 7pm. Rotating weekends are required which means you work one shift on a weekend, every other weekend. Units Available: MedSurg Telemetry Cardiac , MedSurg Transition of Care , MedSurg Trauma, MedSurg Oncology, MedSurg Neurology, Progressive Care Unit (PCU), and Free Standing Emergency Department (FSED Long Point). Job Summary and Qualifications As a PCT in our hospital, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centered care by performing a variety of important patient care services related to common nursing functions and activities of daily living. Under supervision of the RN, you will assist the nursing staff in providing patient care with your skills and training and in accordance with the needs of our department. The Patient Care Technician will consistently assist the patient care team by maintaining a clean, well-organized and safe patient care environment. What you will do in this role: + You will obtain vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, calorie counts, application of ice/heat, and/or simple non-sterile dressing changes. + You will answer patient call lights in a timely manner and respond to patient needs/requests. + You will assist patients with performing activities of daily living to include bathing, shaving, oral care, toileting, grooming, changing linens, providing water, ambulating, assisting with meal delivery and feeding as directed. + You will be responsible for safe patient handling: Turning and positioning, use of specialty beds, patient transfer and use of transfer devices, ambulation assistance and use of assistive devices, restraint alternatives, oxygen use and transport, suction use, pre-operative skin preparation and/or use of sequential compression devices (SCD). + You will be responsible for recording information in the patientu2019s medical records + You will maintain close communication with physicians, nurses and other healthcare team members regarding changes in a patientu2019s care and condition. + You will be responsible for educating patients and families on the care and therapies being provided, in conjunction with physicians and nurses. + You will monitor supply levels in your unit and patient rooms and restock as needed + What qualifications you will need: + Licensed as a CNA in South Carolina preferred. + RN Nursing School Students may be considered. + A current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required or must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date + 1 year of acute hospital experience is preferred + Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date Benefits HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: + Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services + Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services + Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence + Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling + Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing + Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts Learn more about Employee Benefits ( _Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._ Trident Health is a 445-bed HCA Healthcare hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals, HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital and HCA HealthCare Summerville Hospital and three freestanding emergency departments, Brighton Park Emergency, Moncks Corner Medical Center and Centre Pointe Emergency. We provide care to nearly 375,000 South Carolina Low country residents each year. Every day Trident Health's more than 2,600 employees, more than 500 physicians and more than 130 volunteers are dedicated to fulfilling our mission.

Created: 2026-03-16