Patient Care Technician | 24 hours per week | Emergency Department

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center • West Burlington, IA

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About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse in the Emergency Department. The role serves patients across a broad range of populations, including adult, medical/surgical, geriatric, telemetry, cardiac, neonatal, infant, toddler, school-age, adolescent, and psychiatric patients. The technician may also perform clerk duties and assist with clerical functions. Emergency Department staff must be flexible in unit assignment based on patient care needs.

The position is scheduled for 24 hours per week, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., every other weekend. The minimum hiring wage starts at $18.89 per hour.

Requirements

• Complete a C.N.A. course, or complete one within four months of hire; applicants currently in high school must have completed a C.N.A. course.
• Obtain Certified Nursing Assistant certification within 120 days.
• Complete Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter training through the Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 days.
• Complete Child Abuse Iowa Mandatory Reporter training through the Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 days.
• Computer experience.
• Complete Emergency First Response and Choking training within 90 days of hire.
• Complete MOAB training within 12 months of hire.
• Complete restraint training after hire.
• Demonstrate accurate keyboarding proficiency and computer navigation skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of basic math to calculate intake and output.

Nice To Haves

• Health care experience within the last five years.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse.
• Perform bedside shift reports at the beginning and end of shifts.
• Follow policies and procedures to prevent patient falls and use patient safety devices, including bed and chair alarms appropriately.
• Assist with wound prevention and prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries.
• Care for restrained patients and monitor their safety as directed by the licensed nurse.
• Use equipment and supplies cost-consciously and follow personal safety practices, including infection-control precautions and use of lifts, gait belts, eye shields, and gloves.
• Answer call lights promptly and address requests or communicate them to coworkers who can fulfill them.
• Perform skin assessments and promptly report abnormal findings to a licensed nurse.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, feeding, walking, exercise, and moving in and out of bed.
• Keep patient rooms clean and change linens as appropriate.
• Collect and correctly label specimens, including urine, feces, and sputum; deliver messages, documents, and specimens.
• Observe patients, measure and record intake and output and vital signs, and promptly report changes to professional staff.
• Transport patients to treatment units using a wheelchair or stretcher.
• Turn and reposition patients, alone or with assistance, to help prevent pressure ulcers.
• Proactively monitor patients for safety and communicate to the licensed nurse when monitoring devices such as alarms are needed.
• Accurately and promptly document activities in the medical record.
• Perform blood glucose monitoring and other directed quality monitoring, and promptly report abnormal results to a licensed nurse.
• Greet visitors and callers, determine the purpose of their visit or call, and direct them to appropriate staff.
• Facilitate admissions, discharges, and transfers in collaboration with other staff.
• Operate office and unit equipment, including nurse call systems, fax machines, scanners, photocopiers, computer systems, telephone systems, and telemetry equipment.
• Set up equipment such as oxygen, portable x-ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles.
• Perform clerical duties such as processing documents.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Matching retirement programs
• Health, dental, and vision plans
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee discounts, including car rental and cell-phone plans
• Employer-paid long-term disability, life, and AD&D insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted cafeteria meals
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Service Recognition program
• Voluntary life, AD&D, short-term disability, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed