PATIENT CARE TECH PACU - Full Time - Inland Valley Hospital

UHS•Wildomar, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides direct patient care and essential clinical support to the PACU team. This role assists with monitoring vital signs, observing cardiac rhythms, patient transport, safety measures, and comfort during the recovery phase. The PCT documents care accurately in the electronic medical record, recognizes and reports changes in patient condition, and supports emergency response as needed. This position also helps maintain a safe, well‑stocked, and efficient PACU environment while promoting high‑quality post‑operative recovery and patient flow. Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital in Wildomar, California, is a licensed 122-bed facility accredited by the Joint Commission. It is Southwest Riverside County's only designated Trauma Center and a county-designated Paramedic Base Station. The hospital performs more than 4,000 surgeries a year, and has an average of 4,000 Emergency Department visits per month. The hospital features a Bariatric Weight-Loss Surgery Center of Excellence and the region’s only Total Joint Center. Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital in Murrieta, California, is a 120 bed acute-care hospital with the region's only Pediatric Emergency Services team (for children 14 and under) provided by board certified Rady Children’s emergency medicine physicians. Rancho Springs Hospital also provides the area's only OB/Emergency Department program, which gives expectant mothers 24/7 on-site access to OB/GYN physician coverage. The Childbirth Center at Rancho Springs Hospital is the largest in the region and features spacious family-friendly private suites. Rancho's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is operated by Rady Children’s. Employee may be required to float to the other facility within Southwest Health Rancho Springs and Inland Valley Hospital based on operational needs, with appropriate orientation and competency validation provided.

Requirements

Current California Certified Nurse Assistant Certificate or California EMT
BLS (must be through the American Heart Association)
Basic dysrhythmia certification (preferred) or obtained within 6 months of hire

Nice To Haves

Six (6) months’ experience working as an EMT/CNA preferred.
Basic dysrhythmia certification

Responsibilities

Provides direct patient care and essential clinical support to the PACU team.
Assists with monitoring vital signs, observing cardiac rhythms, patient transport, safety measures, and comfort during the recovery phase.
Documents care accurately in the electronic medical record.
Recognizes and reports changes in patient condition.
Supports emergency response as needed.
Helps maintain a safe, well‑stocked, and efficient PACU environment.
Promotes high‑quality post‑operative recovery and patient flow.
May be required to float to the other facility within Southwest Health Rancho Springs and Inland Valley Hospital based on operational needs, with appropriate orientation and competency validation provided.