Patient Care Technician (PCT) | Med Surg

Avera • Yankton, SD

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides routine patient care and support services in accordance with established policies and procedures and as directed by a nurse or physician, helping maintain the highest degree of quality patient care. The role is based at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and works a day shift from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., with every third weekend and holiday rotation.

Requirements

• Be able to work the specified hours.
• Perform essential job functions satisfactorily, including having adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent is listed as preferred education.
• Minimum age requirement: 16.
• Work effectively in a team environment and maintain confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) credential.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care, including ambulating, bathing, positioning, entering diet information into the computer system, passing meal trays, feeding, and attending to other care needs.
• Respond promptly to patient call lights and special needs, and ensure patient valuables and personal items are properly handled and accounted for.
• Greet visitors, answer inquiries, direct or assist people, take and relay messages, handle patient gifts, flowers, and mail, and run errands for department staff.
• Help patients in and out of wheelchairs; measure intake and output; collect specimens and transport patients as needed.
• Answer the telephone, operate the paging system, attend the station, and direct traffic during emergencies.
• Prepare requisitions for diagnostic and therapeutic services as directed and coordinate appointments with the appropriate departments.
• Make outpatient appointments for patients being discharged.
• Requisition supplies and equipment, request maintenance and repair services, and prepare related forms.
• Request services such as chaplaincy, social services, and pastoral care as directed.
• Perform clerical tasks related to admission, discharge, chart and form preparation, transfer, and death procedures.
• Manage interdepartmental and patient mail.
• Maintain orderly patient rooms, change bed linens, and perform routine cleaning tasks.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and coordinate workflow with team members while complying with applicable safety requirements and standards.

Benefits

• PTO available from day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.
• A range of benefits for qualifying part-time and full-time employees, designed to support balanced, healthy lives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED