Patient Care Technician | 24 hours per week | Emergency Department

Great River Health Systems; Fort Madison (IA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

Health, Dental and Vision plans

PTO and paid time off

Education Assistance Program

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Great River Health Systems is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to provide essential patient care under the supervision of a licensed nurse in a hospital setting. The role supports adult, geriatric, telemetry, and psychiatric patients with a focus on safety and compassionate care.

Responsibilities include ADL assistance, vital signs, specimen collection, and accurate documentation, while ensuring infection control and equipment safety.

Qualifications

• Completion of C.N.A. course is required.
• Health care experience within the last five years is preferred.
• Computer experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse.
• Perform bedside shift reports at start and end of shift.
• Maintain patient safety and prevent falls using policies and procedures.
• Assist in wound prevention and prevent hospital-acquired pressure injuries.
• Care for restrained patients and monitor safety as directed by the nurse.
• Demonstrate safe use of equipment and infection control practices.
• Accurately document activities in the medical record.
• Collect and label specimens (urine, feces, sputum) for testing.
• Assist with activities of daily living and transport patients as needed.
• Turn and reposition patients to prevent ulcers and monitor patient conditions.

Skills

Computer experience

Healthcare experience

Education

C.N.A. course completion

C.N.A course if currently in high school

Job description

Minimum Hiring Wage

Minimum Hiring Wage: From $18.89 per hour

Job Details

Scheduled Hours: 6:00am - 6:30pm, every third weekend rotation.

Job Description

A Brief Overview Provides basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse. Provides high quality care to the following patient populations: Adult, Medical/Surgical, Geriatric, Telemetry, Cardiac, Neonate, Infant, Toddler, School Age, Adolescent, and Psychiatric care patients.

• Perform Bedside shift report and beginning and end of shift
• Utilize policies and procedures to keep patients safe from falls
• Assist in wound prevention and Hospital acquired pressure injuries
• Care for the restrained patient and monitor for safety, as directed by the licensed nurse
• Is cost conscious in use of equipment and supplies
• Adhere to safety practices for own personal protection, i.e. infection control devices, lifts, gait belts, eye shields, gloves
• Demonstrate accurate keyboarding proficiency and computer navigation skills
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic math to calculate intake and output
• Set up equipment such as oxygen, portable x-ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles

What you will do

• Answer patients' call lights in a timely manner and addresses request or reports to co-worker to fulfill the request
• Perform skin assessment and reports abnormal results to licensed nurse in a timely manner
• Perform activities of daily living (ADL’s)
• Maintain clean patient rooms and changes linens, as appropriate
• Collect and correctly label specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
• Deliver messages, documents, and specimens
• Feed patients who are unable to feed themselves
• Observe patients' conditions, such as measuring and recording intake and output and vital signs; report changes to professional staff in a timely manner
• Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed
• Transport patients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher
• Turn and reposition patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent pressure ulcers
• Proactively monitors patients for safety and communicates to licensed nurse the need for any monitoring devices (alarms)
• Consistently uses patient safety devices
• Document activities performed in the medical record in an accurate and timely manner
• Perform blood glucose monitoring and report abnormal results to licensed nurse in a timely manner
• Perform quality monitoring as directed: BGM, etc
• Appropriate use of bed/chair alarms for fall prevention
• Greet visitors and callers to ascertain purpose of visit or call, and direct them to appropriate staff
• Facilitate admissions, discharges and transfers in collaboration with other staff
• Operate office equipment such as: nurse call, fax, scanners, photocopier, computer system, telephone system, telemetry
• Accurate and timely order entry
• Perform various clerical and administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies
• Perform quality checks on equipment, i.e. crash cart, transport monitor
• Perform clerical duties such as processing documents

Qualifications

• Completion of C.N.A. course (or complete within four months of hire date) Required
• Completion of C.N.A course if currently in high school Required
• Computer experience Required
• Health care experience within the last five years Preferred

Mandatory Reporting & Certifications

• Dependant Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter - Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 Days Required
• Child Abuse Iowa Mandatory Reporter - Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 Days Required
• Certified Nursing Assistant within 120 Days Required
• Emergency First Response and Choking within 90 days of hire
• May perform clerk duties and assist with clerical functions
• MOAB within 12 months of hire
• Restraint training completed after hire
• ED: Flexibility in unit assignment as directed by patient care needs
• Perform clerical duties such as processing documents

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Matching retirement programs
• Health, Dental and Vision plans
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans
• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted cafeteria meals
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Service Recognition program
• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are an equal-opportunity employer.