Patient Care Technician Adult Surgical Critical Care Unit FT Days - Methodist

IU Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

IU Health is seeking a Full-Time Day Patient Care Technician to provide compassionate bedside care, assist with daily activities, and support nursing staff. Duties include helping patients with meals, mobility, baths, and linens, while maintaining safety protocols and promptly reporting changes to RNs.

The role involves assisting with vital signs, ensuring patient safety, and working in a fast-paced hospital environment within IU Health's award-winning system.

Qualifications

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or completion of the IU Health PCA education program.
• Knowledge of care appropriate to the age and developmental level of the patients served.
• Up-to-date knowledge of procedures and standards related to patient care activities.
• Proficiency in interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain concentration and performance under high levels of tension and stress.
• Ability to manage interruptions and variable noise levels while staying focused.
• Ability to exercise judgment and initiative in resolving problems.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage a high workload within limited time.
• Knowledge of procedures, equipment, software and standards related to patient care activities performed by non-licensed roles (PCA/PCR/PCI).
• Knowledge of infection control principles.
• Ability to perform physically demanding, repetitive movements.
• Ability to read and perform basic math.
• Ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
• Knowledge of good personal hygiene and aseptic techniques to prevent infection of patients, self, and others.

Responsibilities

• Provide drinks, assist with meal ordering, encourage walking, assist with baths, and provide clean linens and gowns to patients.
• Assist bedside RN by obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or changes to the primary RN or charge nurse to detect and provide rapid treatment.
• Maintain patient safety using gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and by staying within arm's reach during movement.

Job description

***This is a Full-Time Day 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.

As part of an award winning hospital system, our roles include:

• Outstanding benefit package for part time and full time positions


• Competitive pay


• Development opportunities & tuition reimbursement

• 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.


• 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.