Patient Care Technician Acute Care Ortho Trauma Plastics

Your future role at a glance

Location: Austin, TX

Facility: Dell Seton Medical Center

Department: Acute Care Ortho Trauma and Plastics

Schedule: Full Time, Day

How you’ll make an impact in this role

- High-Quality Patient Care & Advocacy: Deliver compassionate clinical and non-clinical support, assisting patients with daily living activities (ADLs) and safe mobility to enhance overall comfort, dignity, and recovery.
- Proactive Clinical Observation: Monitor and evaluate patients' physical, mental, and emotional conditions, promptly communicating critical updates to the nursing staff to ensure immediate and continuous quality care.
- Precise Healthcare Documentation: Maintain detailed and accurate patient records, ensuring complete data integrity and compliance with healthcare regulations and facility standards.
- Environmental Excellence & Equipment Readiness: Oversee care environment optimization by maintaining clean, organized patient rooms and ensuring medical equipment is sanitized, functional, and ready for clinical use.

What minimum requirements you’ll need

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

- BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

Education:

- High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. Note: Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.

Benefits that help you thrive

Benefits that help you thrive

- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options

- Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance

- Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays

- Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning

- Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources

- Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits

- Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

*Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

In Texas, Ascension operates Ascension Providence based in Waco and Ascension Seton, which includes Dell Children’s Medical Center, the region’s only comprehensive children’s hospital and pediatric Level I trauma center, and Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, the region’s only Level I trauma center for adults. Ascension Texas has provided thousands of associates with a rewarding career in healthcare across a robust network of hospitals, clinics and other sites of care. Across the state, caregivers with Ascension Providence and Ascension Seton have served our communities for over 120 years.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of thousands of associates delivering compassionate, personalized care across hospitals, clinics and senior living communities.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you. At Ascension, you are part of a bigger story of care.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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