Patient Care Technician | Med Surg

Sioux Center Health; Creighton (NE); On-site; USD 24,796 - 31,684; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO available day 1

5% employer matching contribution for retirement

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Sioux Center Health is seeking a compassionate individual to provide essential patient care at Avera Creighton Hospital. Responsibilities include assisting patients with daily needs, managing communication, and maintaining patient rooms. This role supports a supportive team environment and promotes the values of Avera.

Applicants should hold a High School diploma or GED and a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) credential is preferred. Rotating shifts and a commitment to patient care are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Ability to work specified hours, perform essential duties satisfactorily.
• Visual acuity and effective communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care including ambulating, bathing, and feeding.
• Greets visitors and answers inquiries.
• Prepares requisitions for diagnostic services and manages patient mail.
• Maintains patient rooms and ensures cleanliness.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Education

High School or GED Equivalent

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Job description

Work Shift

Day/Evening/Weekend/Holiday Shift (United States of America)

Location

Avera Creighton Hospital

Worker Type

Regular

Pay Range

$18.00 - $23.50

Position Highlights

Hours: Rotating shifts, 7pm-7am & 7am-7pm; 72hrs/2wks, Every 3rd weekend/holiday rotation

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Responsible for providing routine patient care and support services in accordance with established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the nurse or physician, to assure that the highest degree of quality patient care is maintained at all times.

What You Will Do

• Provides safe and direct patient care: ambulating, bathing, positioning, entering diet information into the computer system, passing meal trays, feeding and attending to other care needs. Responds promptly to patient call lights and special needs, ensures that patient valuables and personal items are properly handled and accounted for.
• Greets all persons coming to the area assigned, answers inquiries, may direct and assist them, take and relay messages, assist with gifts, flowers, and mail for patients, run errands for department staff.
• Ambulates patients and assists them in and out of wheelchairs, measures intakes and outputs, may collect specimens and transport patients as needed.
• Answers telephone, operates paging system, and attends station and directs traffic during emergencies.
• Prepares requisitions for diagnostic and therapeutic services patients as directed and coordinates appointments with respective departments. Makes outpatient appointments for discharging patients.
• Requests requisition of supplies and equipment, maintenance and repairs services and prepares related forms.
• Requests services such as the following as directed: Chaplain, social services, and pastoral care.
• Performs clerical duties related to procedures such as admission, discharge, preparing appropriate charts and forms, transfer, and death.
• Manages interdepartmental and patient mail.
• Maintains patient rooms in an orderly condition, changes bed linens and provides routine cleaning tasks.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

• High School or GED Equivalent
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Licensing Board

Minimum Age Requirements

16

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating workflow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands‑on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [e-mail].