Patient Care Technician Adult Coronary Critical Care Unit FT Night - Methodist

Indiana University Health; Indianapolis (IN); Vor Ort; USD 21.000 - 30.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Outstanding benefit package

Competitive pay

Tuition reimbursement

Zusammenfassung

Indiana University Health seeks a Patient Care Technician (PCA) for a full-time night position in Indianapolis. You will support RNs by taking vital signs, assisting with meals, mobility, and hygiene while maintaining patient safety and comfort.

Applicants should have BLS certification and complete the IU Health PCA education program, with strong communication and teamwork skills to thrive in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Qualifikationen

• Must know care procedures for the patient’s age and development.
• Up-to-date knowledge of patient care procedures and standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Able to stay calm and focused in a fast-paced environment.

Aufgaben

• Provide bedside care alongside the RN and obtain vital signs.
• Assist with meals, drinks, walking, baths, and linen changes.
• Keep patients safe using gait belts and alarms; stay within reach.
• Communicate patient needs and changes to the RN or charge nurse.

Kenntnisse

Age-appropriate care

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Vigilance under stress

Concentration management

Judgment & prioritization

Procedures & equipment knowledge

Infection control basics

Physical stamina

Basic math literacy

Ausbildung

Basic Life Support (AHA)

PCA education program completion

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

***This is a Full-time Night Position***

As a bedside caregiver, IU Health is seeking a Patient Care Technician (also known as a Patient Care Assistant or PCA) who will provide a phenomenal patient experience by anticipating the needs of patients such as providing drinks, assisting with meal ordering, encouraging walking, assisting with baths, and providing clean linens and gowns.

Our PCA's have compassion for our patients, a caring bedside manner, and an ability to work in a fast paced environment. They will provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN by obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or changes in a patient's behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse in order to detect and provide rapid treatment. A PCA always keeps patients safe by utilizing safety measures such as gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm's reach of patients when moving around. If you are seeking a role where you can provide meaningful care to IU Health patients, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

• Outstanding benefit package for part time and full time positions
• Competitive pay
• Development opportunities & tuition reimbursement

Apply teamwork. Apply experience. Apply skill. Apply yourself. And together we can change everything.

Requires current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA or attainment at the completion of the IU Health PCA education program. Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Requirements

• Requires knowledge of care appropriate to the age and developmental level of the patients served.
• Requires up to date knowledge of procedures and standards related to patient care activities.
• Requires proficiency in interpersonal and communication skills.
• Requires constant mental awareness and the ability to withstand a high level of tension and stress.
• Requires ability to maintain concentration when subjected to frequent and varied interruptions and variable noise levels.
• Requires ability to exercise judgment and initiative in the resolution of problems encountered.
• Requires ability to set priorities and manage a high workload within a limited time for completion.
• Requires knowledge of procedures; equipment; software and standards related to patient care activities that non-licensed role performs (for example PCA/PCR/PCI).
• Requires knowledge of principles of infection control.
• Requires ability to perform physically demanding; repetitious movements.
• Requires ability to read and perform basic math.
• Requires ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
• Requires knowledge of principles of good personal hygiene and aseptic techniques to prevent infection of patients; self; and others.

We are an equal opportunity employer. IU Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.