Job Summary

The Patient Care Technician provides a variety of indirect and direct care, including provision for patient's dependency needs such as nutrition, hygiene, safety, and physical and psychological comfort measures, to patient and significant others, under the supervision of licensed nursing staff. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision, and values.

Work is primarily performed in patient settings. Extensive interaction with patients, staff, physicians, family members and visitors. Lifting, bending, stooping and exposure to blood borne pathogens. This position has been evaluated as a Level 1 in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) definition of occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens.

Emergency Department

Tampa General’s Emergency and Wallace Trauma Center has six trauma rooms, including one dedicated to pediatric patients. The center has areas dedicated to minor emergencies, chest pain, stroke and a dedicated pediatric emergency care center which includes a pediatric waiting area. Our team of dedicated emergency care professionals provide patients with the highest quality care. Our highly qualified and experienced Aeromedical team includes RNs, Paramedics and EMTs. Our aviation partners, the pilots, and mechanics, also are integral team members. In addition, TGH has a freestanding adult and pediatric emergency department in Brandon.

Tampa General Hospital

TGH is the area’s only level I trauma center and one of just two ABA-verified adults & pediatric burn centers in Florida. With five medical helicopters*, we transport critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. The hospital is home to one of the busiest solid organ transplant centers in the country. TGH is a nationally designated comprehensive stroke center and has a 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Other outstanding centers include cardiovascular, orthopedics, high-risk and normal obstetrics, urology, ENT, endocrinology, and the Children’s Medical Center, which features a nine-bed pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric kidney transplant services. As the region’s leading safety net hospital, Tampa General is committed to providing area residents with world-class and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services.

High school diploma or G.E.D and Florida CNA certification. OR MUST be currently enrolled in an R.N. program and have completed Fundamentals in Nursing, upload transcript.