Patient Care Technician

About the clinic:

Partners in Abortion Care is an all-trimester abortion clinic located in College Park, Maryland. We seek to create a work environment where both our staff and the people we serve thrive.

We require all external applicants to be fully vaccinated, including an annual booster, as recommended by the CDC guidelines, for COVID-19 and receive the annual flu vaccine before commencing employment.

Purpose:

Partners in Abortion Care is seeking a full-time Patient Care Technician who understands the complicated intersections of a patient’s life and experiences that may lead to having an abortion. The ideal candidate for this position is compassionate, pro-choice, patient, and excited to be part of a new, rapidly growing, and fast-paced organization.

The anticipated schedule of this position is primarily Tuesday to Friday (approximately 32 hrs FTE) with some Mondays for meetings and staff training. Applicants must be available for at least one week of on-call per month.

At this time Partners in Abortion Care offers the following benefits include 12 weeks of paid parental leave, 11 paid holidays, PTO, sick leave, health insurance benefits & MetroBenefits. We are a new organization and expect that benefits will increase over the lifetime of the organization.

This position is part of the SEIU 1199 bargaining unit. The selected candidate will be subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the collective bargaining agreement between Partners in Abortion Care LLC and SEIU 1199. Membership in the union and payment of union fees is required upon hiring. We offer competitive wages and benefits as negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement. Partners in Abortion Care LLC is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to fair employment practices as outlined by the agreement and applicable laws.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with members of the clinical team to deliver high-quality, patient-center, trauma-informed care for abortion in primarily the second and third trimester.
• Direct Patient Care activities including patient education, assisting providers in the clinical care of patients, and cleaning and stocking Patient Care spaces
• Assisting physicians during procedures
• Obtaining patient vital signs
• Sonography
• Instrument sterilization and processing
• Administrative duties as assigned
• Quality improvement projects as assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Experience:

• 1-year experience in a health care setting: Reproductive health preferred.
• Birth or Abortion doula experience, Preferred
• Knowledge/ Familiarity with abortion in the US
• Bilingual- Spanish- Preferred

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: $ 25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental Insurance
• Family leave
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Uniform allowance
• Vision insurance

Physical setting: Clinic

Standard shift: Day shift

Supplemental schedule: On call

PARTNERS IN ABORTION CARE LLC is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of age, race (including traits associated with race, which includes hair texture, Afro hairstyles, and protective hairstyles such as braids, twists, and locks), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), marital status, credit history, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. The Company is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy in regard to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.