Care Technician

Overview:

For over 125 years, Calvary Hospital and Calvary @Home located in the Bronx, New York has been dedicated to the palliative care of advanced cancer and other terminally ill patients and their families. Through a caring, compassionate, philosophy of non-abandonment, the hospice provides a full spectrum of palliative services, including emotional, spiritual, and physical care. The hospice receives patients from referring institutions throughout New York City and the entire tristate area. When you come to Calvary Hospital, you're not just getting a job, you're joining a family.

Benefits/Perks:

• Includes accrued vacation days, sick days, holidays, and free days.
• Pension (vested after 5 years of full-time or part-time service)
• Participation in 403 (b)
• Voluntary Benefits: Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Flex Spending, Transit Check.
• Free On-Site Parking

Qualifications:

• Completion of a Nursing Assistant, HHA, Patient Care Associate, Patient Care Technician, or Medical Assistant Program certified by the N.Y.S. Department of Health is required.

Education:

• A High School Diploma or GED Equivalency is required.

Responsibilities:

• The Calvary Care Technician assists the professional nursing staff by performing paraprofessional and technical nursing functions, which meet the physiological, safety, spiritual and psychosocial needs of the patients and their families; and meets the environmental needs of the unit.

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time, Per diem - available on all shifts.

Salary: $25.7137/hourly