ICU Night Shift Patient Care Tech

Northwestern Medicine; Winfield (IL); On-site; USD 2,755,000 - 3,857,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Patient Care Technician for Medical-ICU to support the nursing team during night shifts. The role involves basic patient care activities, vital signs, and assistance with daily living tasks in a fast-paced ICU setting.

The candidate will report to an RN, participate in patient care, and help maintain unit organization, patient comfort, and safety while adapting to unit needs and priorities.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, or nursing school students with one semester of clinical completed.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).

Responsibilities

• Performs basic nursing care activities as delegated and supervised by an RN, including monitoring vital signs, taking blood glucose measurements, and recording intake and output.
• Assists patients with tending to personal care and activities of daily living, including bathing, grooming and eating.
• Reports abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
• Assists with keeping patient rooms clean and orderly.
• Demonstrates flexibility, organization, and multi-tasking. Able to function under stressful situations.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills to successfully demonstrate the ability to prioritize and complete unit work quickly as the needs of the unit, patients and staff change.
• Serves as liaison between patient care units and all other patient related departments.
• Answers telephone, intercom and call lights in a polite manner using appropriate telephone etiquette and communicates information to the appropriate staff/family/patient.
• Manages the overall unit workflow in concert with the charge RN and/or assistant manager, on an as needed basis.
• Performs pre-census and validates daily admission, discharge and census lists, on an as needed basis.

Skills

Basic patient care

Vital signs monitoring

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Nursing student (1 semester clinical)

Tools

BLS Certification

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Patient Care Technician for Medical-ICU to support the nursing team during night shifts. The role involves basic patient care activities, vital signs, and assistance with daily living tasks in a fast-paced ICU setting.

The candidate will report to an RN, participate in patient care, and help maintain unit organization, patient comfort, and safety while adapting to unit needs and priorities.