Patient Care Technician (PCT) | Emergency Department

Avera St. Mary's; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1

Retirement matching (up to 5%)

Career development mentorship

Job summary

Avera St Mary's Hospital in Pierre, South Dakota, seeks a helping role to provide safe, direct patient care on rotating days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. You will assist with ambulation, bathing, meals, and other needs, answer call lights, and help with transport and logistics.

Greet patients, coordinate with departments, prepare requisitions, and manage supplies while maintaining clean, orderly rooms.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work the hours specified.
• Visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and communicate effectively.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• High school diploma or GED; CNA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, direct patient care and assist with daily living tasks.
• Greet and assist patients, relay messages, and coordinate with departments.
• Prepare charts, coordinate outpatient appointments, and manage supplies.
• Maintain patient rooms and assist with safety and infection control.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma

GED

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Job description

Location: Avera St Mary's Hospital
Worker Type: Regular
Work Shift: Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)
Pay Range: The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience. $18.00 - $23.50

Position Highlights

Varied shifts 1900-0730; 0700-1930: every third weekend and every other holiday rotation; 48hrs/2wks Must be at least 18 years of age and able to work these shifts year-round

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, answer 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 assist 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 direct traffic during emergencies. Prepares requisitions for diagnostic and therapeutic services patients as directed and coordinate appointments with respective departments. Makes outpatient appointments for discharging patients. 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
High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Licensing Board

Minimum Age Requirements

16

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 work flow 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].

At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward.