Compassionate Patient Care Technician — Acute Care Support

Community Health Systems, Inc.; Valparaiso (IN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health Systems, Inc. is seeking a Patient Care Technician to provide high-quality patient-centered care under RN/LPN supervision.

The role involves assisting with activities of daily living, maintaining a safe care environment, and ensuring effective communication within the care team. Key duties include collecting vital signs and other data, helping with meals, mobility, hygiene, and catheter care, and reporting findings to the nursing staff.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of experience in an acute care setting or currently enrolled in a Nursing program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists nursing staff in delivering care and maintaining a clean, safe, organized environment.
• Collects and records vital signs, height, weight, oxygen saturation, intake/output, and calories.
• Supports meals, bathing, oral care, grooming, linen changes, and catheter care.
• Assists with positioning, ambulation, and mobility aid use.
• Collects urine/stool samples and performs finger-stick blood glucose monitoring.
• Communicates patient information to the care team and adheres to safety protocols.
• Maintains infection control and PPE usage, and supports performance improvement initiatives.
• May provide continuous observation as required and completes other duties as assigned.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Education

Enrolled in Nursing program

Job description

Community Health Systems, Inc. is seeking a Patient Care Technician to provide high-quality patient-centered care under RN/LPN supervision.

The role involves assisting with activities of daily living, maintaining a safe care environment, and ensuring effective communication within the care team. Key duties include collecting vital signs and other data, helping with meals, mobility, hygiene, and catheter care, and reporting findings to the nursing staff.