Patient Care Technician, (PCT) - Acute Care/ICU, Part Time, Night Shift

Island Health•Anacortes, WA

16h•$21 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

At Island Health, people are at the center of everything we do. As a part of the Acute Care/ICU team, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our mission to care for those who care for others. You’ll help create a positive and seamless experience for every team member — ensuring they feel valued, supported, and heard

Requirements

Current Washington State Nursing Assistant Certification
Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification
High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred

Nice To Haves

3 to 6 months previous CNA experience preferred

Responsibilities

Answers signal lights and bells to determine patients’ needs.
Bathes, dresses, and undresses patients.
Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.
Transports patients to treatment units, using wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or may assist them to walk.
Assist with ambulation.
Drapes patients for examinations and treatments, and remains with patients, performing such duties as holding instruments and adjusting lights.
Assist patients to bathroom, bedside commode, or with use of bedpan for toileting
Tidy and clean patients’ rooms.
Washes and dresses bodies of deceased persons.
Changes bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephones.
Takes and records blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration rates, glucose levels, and food and liquid intake and output as directed. Reports unusual findings to nurse.
Assists with turning and repositioning patients as needed.
Reports to RN any abnormal vital signs, skin breakdown, decline in mentation or other observed changes,
Enters data into computer system.
Places telemetry electrodes accurately when ordered.
Collects urine and stool specimens for lab, runs guiac testing