Patient Care Technician - Part Time Nights - Other Adult Mixed Acuity Unit

IU Health; Avon (IN); Presencial; USD 21 000 - 26 000; Tempo parcial

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Outstanding benefit package

Competitive pay

Development opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Resumo da oferta

IU Health in Avon, IN is seeking a Patient Care Technician (PCA) to support bedside care, assist with meals, mobility, baths, and linen changes. You will help the bedside RN by obtaining vitals and reporting changes, while maintaining patient safety with gait belts and alarms.

The role offers an outstanding benefits package for part-time; competitive pay; development opportunities and tuition reimbursement to support your growth in this award-winning hospital system.

Qualificações

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Knowledge of age appropriate care for patients.
• Up-to-date knowledge of patient care procedures and standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to read and perform basic math.

Responsabilidades

• Provide drinks, assist with meals, and support meal ordering.
• Encourage walking and assist with mobility.
• Assist with baths and changing linens and gowns.
• Obtain vital signs and report abnormalities to the RN.
• Maintain patient safety using gait belts and alarms.

Conhecimentos

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizing tasks

Attention to detail

Stress tolerance

Basic math

Reading skills

Formação académica

BLS certification (AHA)

PCA education program completion

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Schedule:

Part-Time Nights (2 12-hour shifts per week)

Hours: 6:00pm-6:30am

Requires every third weekend rotation

Position Overview:

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.