Care Partner - Acute Care Medicine Augusta
Augusta, GAFull-timePosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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The Patient Care Tech supports professional staff in providing care and service to patients and families under registered nurse supervision, and supports the plan of care for assigned patients. The role performs clinical and patient-support tasks, responds to emergencies, reports pertinent information to nurses, and helps coordinate unit activities and patient transportation.
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How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
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About the Facility Learn more about Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, including our teams, culture, and campus environment: Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center | Wellstar Health System Hours: Full Time Days
The Patient Care Tech is an unlicensed staff member who supports professional staff in providing care and service to patients and families under the direction and supervision of registered nurses and supports the plan of care for assigned patients.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Performs tasks to include but not limited to vital signs, AM/PM Care, I O measurement, tube feedings (bolus, gravity, pump), simple dressing changes, post-mortem care, pin care (orthopedic patients), ostomy care, discontinuing indwelling urinary catheters, urine collection Performs tasks to include but not limited to Phlebotomy, capillary blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, finger and heel sticks (as required by a registered nurse) Under supervision and nurse unit dependent, perform tasks to include but not limited to: tracheostomy care, discontinuing peripheral intravenous lines, in-line suctioning of ventilator patients Perform tasks to include but not limited to: ensure laboratory specimens are properly labeled and promptly delivered to appropriate departments, assist in the coordination of unit activities to ensure that patients' needs are met efficiently, serve as a runner between pharmacy, pathology, and x-ray Reacts promptly and appropriately to emergency situations, provides input into the plan of care by reporting pertinent information involving patient/family to the appropriate nurse, provide safer transportation to ancillary departments while utilizing hand-off communications
Required Minimum Education:
- High School Diploma General or GED General
- Certificate Medical Assisting-Preferred
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s): All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
Minimum Requirements:
Candidate must have one the following: Successful completion of an accredited Nursing Assistant program, Medical Assistant program; or Direct Patient Care Allied Health program; or Successful completion of the Nursing Fundamentals course from an accredited registered nursing program; or Minimum of two years of related experience
Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.
How this job compares
Set against the 780 open Patient Care Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$18–26/hr305 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 17 open Patient Care Technician jobs in Georgia and 780 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- DaVita115 open
- Trinity Health83 open
- AdventHealth39 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — more than three in four Patient Care Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 173 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 575 of the 780 open Patient Care Technician jobs (74%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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