Patient Care Technician - ICU - Spencer Hospital

Avera Health; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Hospital is seeking a compassionate CNA for a PRN role in Spencer, IA. You will assist with basic patient care, grooming, bathing, and vital signs, while maintaining a clean environment and accurate charting.

Responsibilities include patient transport, stock management, confidentiality, and chart preparation. You may float to other areas during low census or higher demand; shifts run 6:45a-5:15p with weekend/holiday rotation.

Qualifications

• CNA certification is required at minimum.
• BLS certification required or ability to obtain upon hire.
• Willing to float to other areas during low census or greater need.

Responsibilities

• Provides personal care for patients: grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, and glucose testing.
• Maintains a clean and therapeutic patient environment.
• Transports and restocks supplies for patient care needs.
• Manages written and verbal patient information.
• Prepares and maintains the medical record and charts for admission/transfer/dismissal.
• Ensures confidentiality of patient information.
• Transcribes physician orders under RN/LPN supervision.
• Monitors new orders and verifies them per policy.
• Identifies and applies pre-printed orders and consent forms.
• Recognizes medical terminology and approved abbreviations.
• Assists with patient transfers within the hospital and to external facilities.
• Participates in departmental cleaning and sanitation activities.
• Follows cleaning standards and completes daily checklists.
• May float to high-need departments during low census.

Skills

Caring communicator

Flexible

Multitasking

Tech-savvy

Education

CNA Certification

BLS Certification

Job description

Location:

Spencer, IA

Worker Type:

PRN

Work Shift:

Primarily days with rotating weekends and 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

Spencer Hospital is a rural hospitallocated in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however, we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers, if accepted, are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.

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 therapeuticpatient 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 at minimum is required
• BLS required or willing to obtain upon hire - Inhouse education available
• Must be willing to float to other areas in time of low census or greater need

Schedule:

• PRN - approximately 2 to 3 shifts per 2 weeks
• 6:45a-5:15p
• Weekend and holiday rotation may be required
• The schedule may fluctuate based upon the needs of the department

Spencer Hospital offers 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