Patient Care Technician II

Columbus Regional Health; Columbus (IN); In loco; USD 23.000 - 29.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Comprehensive benefits package

Shift differentials

Descrizione del lavoro

Columbus Regional Health in Columbus, IN is seeking a Patient Care Technician II to join Nurses Resources float pool. You will float to inpatient units to ensure nursing staff are in the right place to meet patient needs and enhance safety and experience.

As the first face patients see, you will assist with daily living activities, take vital signs, respond to call lights, and perform duties such as cardiac monitoring and Stat EKGs.

Competenze

• High school diploma or GED.
• Verifiable work experience.
• Health care-related work experience is preferred.

Mansioni

• Float to inpatient units to ensure nursing staff coverage and appropriate placement.
• Engage with patients, answer call lights, assist with activities of daily living and monitor vital signs.
• Perform cardiac monitoring and interpretation and Stat EKGs as assigned.
• Collaborate with a nurse to support patient safety and care delivery.

Conoscenze

Verifiable work experience

Health care-related work experience

Formazione

High school diploma or GED

Descrizione del lavoro

What you need to know about this position:

• As a member of Nurses Resources (sometimes called the float pool), you are at the core of ensuring we have the nursing staff in the right place at the right to meet the needs of our inpatient units.
• You have the opportunity to "float" to units, giving you the chance to broaden your knowledge and experience.
• As a Patient Care Technician II you play an important role in our patient's experience and safety—you are typically the first face a patient sees when he/she enters the unit and the face he/she sees most frequently. You would also have additional duties to perform unique to the department to include performing cardiac monitoring and interpretation and Stat EKGs and other duties as assigned.
• Working with a nurse, you engage with patients through multiple activities, including answering call lights and questions, providing assistance with daily living activities and taking vital signs.
• The base hourly rate for this position is $17.99. Individual compensation is determined for this position through years of directly relevant experience and does include shift differentials and premium pay as applicable. The hourly compensation is only a portion of the total rewards package and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.
• In this position you would be scheduled to work 2–12-hour night shifts (24 hours/week, considered part-time) with start/end times of 7:00PM-7:30AM with a holiday and weekend requirement.
• With at least 16 hours per week, this position is benefit eligible.

What is required for this position:

• Upon hire, you must have:
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Verifiable work experience.
  • Health care-related work experience is preferred.
• Within 30 days of hire you must have:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• While being a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is not required, we encourage CNAs to apply for our Patient Care Tech (PCT) positions.

(If you do not have it, CRH provides training and time to acquire certification after employment.)

• This position requires regular standing, is frequently required to walk and push or pull, occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell. This position must frequently life and/or move greater than 50 lbs.