Patient Care Technician: PTO Day 1 + Growth

Avera Flandreau Medical Center; Flandreau (SD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO available day 1 for eligible hires

5% employer retirement match

Career development & mentorship

Job summary

Avera Flandreau Hospital is seeking a Regular, full-time CNA to provide routine patient care under the supervision of nurses or physicians. This role includes 12-hour days (5:45am to 6:15pm) with every 3rd weekend/holiday, and a 48-hour schedule over two weeks.

The position emphasizes patient ambulation, daily care activities, accurate documentation, prompt response to call lights, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care and safety.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) licensing.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Visual acuity adequate for caregiving tasks.

Responsibilities

• 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 in the area, answers inquiries, may direct and assist them, takes and relays messages, assists with gifts, flowers, and mail for patients.
• Ambulates patients and assists 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 and coordinates appointments with respective departments.

Education

High School or GED Equivalent

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Licensing Board

Job description

Avera Flandreau Hospital is seeking a Regular, full-time CNA to provide routine patient care under the supervision of nurses or physicians. This role includes 12-hour days (5:45am to 6:15pm) with every 3rd weekend/holiday, and a 48-hour schedule over two weeks.

The position emphasizes patient ambulation, daily care activities, accurate documentation, prompt response to call lights, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care and safety.