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Patient Care Technician pay and benefits
Patient care technicians work under the nurse assigned to a group of patients, doing the hands-on part of that nurse's list. The unit decides what else is attached to it: blood draws on one floor, telemetry on another, dialysis in its own building.
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Top Benefitsof Patient Care Technician
- Tuition reimbursement45%
- Retirement savings plan42%
- Dental insurance39%
- Health insurance39%
- Vision insurance39%
PCT, ED tech, patient care assistant
Hospitals rarely settle on one title. A med-surg floor posts patient care assistant or nurse tech, the emergency department posts ED tech, ER tech or emergency department technician, and outpatient dialysis spells patient care technician out in full. The title mostly tells you which unit you would be on, so read the skills list under it. Inside the building it's PCT either way.
Patient Care Technician jobs by state
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6Your questions about patient care technician jobs, answered
- What does a patient care technician do?
Bedside work on a hospital unit: vitals, bathing and mobility, blood draws, EKGs, and point-of-care glucose checks, charted for the nurse as you go. How many patients you carry at once is set by the unit, so a step-down assignment and a med-surg one are different jobs under the same title.
- Can a patient care technician draw blood in any state?
Check the state first. California is the strict one: drawing blood there takes a certified phlebotomy technician certificate unless you already hold a license that covers the task, such as nursing, medicine or clinical laboratory science. Washington, Nevada and Louisiana regulate the work under other credentials with their own exemptions, and everywhere else it comes down to employer training. Our phlebotomy guide has the four states in detail.
- What certification does a PCT need?
There's no federal one, and the requirement sits with the employer: a state nursing assistant card required on some units, preferred on others, and elsewhere a high school diploma with training on the unit. BLS is the constant. Our PCT certification guide compares the credentials employers name.
