Patient Care Tech - Inpatient Services

Spencer Municipal Hospital; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Affordable insurance

IPERS retirement

In-house education

Paid time off

Family gym membership

Job summary

Spencer Hospital in Spencer, IA seeks a compassionate Certified Nurse Aide to join our team. The role requires CNA certification and active nurse aide registry, with the ability to multitask and use technology systems to maintain patient records.

You will support personal care, keep a clean environment, assist with transfers, and help with daily charting; the schedule covers 12-hour day/night shifts, every other weekend, with potential float to high-need departments.

Qualifications

• CNA certification and nurse aide registry required.
• BLS required or willing to obtain upon hire.
• Caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and comfortable with technology.

Responsibilities

• Provides personal needs for patients: grooming, bathing, feeding, oral care.
• Maintains a clean and therapeutic patient environment.
• Transports and restocks supplies and assists with patient care needs.
• Prepares and maintains medical records and charts for admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Ensures patient confidentiality and documents orders under supervision.

Skills

CNA certification

Nurse aide registry

BLS certification

Communication

Multitasking

Technology systems

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Job description

Location: Spencer, IA Worker Type: Regular Work Shift: Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America) Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.

Position Highlights

CNA certification and active nurse aide registry is a requirement of the position.

Responsibilities

• Provides personal needs for our patients: Grooming – am/pm care, shaving/preps, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, bedside glucose testing, obtaining laboratory samples (i.e. urinalysis, sputum specimen, etc.)
• Maintains a clean and organized and therapeutic patient environment
• Provides for appropriate transporting and re-stocking of supplies and other items related to patient care needs
• Provides for the efficient management of written and verbal patient information
• Prepares and maintains the medical record
• Prepares and organizes charts for admission, transfer and dismissal
• Maintains patient confidentiality, including protection of the medical record, order communication data and all other verbal and written patient information
• Transcribes physician orders under the supervision of licensed nurses in a timely manner
• Monitors new orders and ensures these are verified by the RN/LPN per Spencer Hospital policy
• Identifies and places appropriate pre-printed orders and consents on the medical record when indicated
• Recognizes and utilizes medical terminology and approved abbreviations per Spencer Hospital policy
• Assists with the transfer process of patients within the hospital and to external facilities
• Participates in all departmental/cleaning activities as assigned
• Follows appropriate cleaning standards including sanitation standards
• Completes and hands in daily cleaning checklist assigned to each specific work area
• Completes spot cleaning of carpets when floor maintenance staff is busy or unavailable
• Position will require to float in times of low census to a high needs department including patient care departments and environmental services

Requirements

• Must be a caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and be comfortable with technological systems
• CNA certification and nurse aide registry required
• BLS required or willing to obtain upon hire - Inhouse education available

Schedule

• 72 hr per pay period Day/Night 12 hr shifts - 6-6
• Every other weekend
• The schedule may fluctuate based upon the needs of the department

Benefits

• competitive wages
• affordable insurance
• IPERS retirement
• in-house education
• paid time off
• family gym membership and so much more!

Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at 712.264.6205 or email [e-mail].

Learn more about Spencer Hospital: spencerhospital.org

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