Patient Care Technician FT Night Adult Neurology Critical Care Unit - Methodist

IU Health•Indianapolis, IN

3h•Onsite

About The Position

IU Health is seeking a Patient Care Technician (also known as a Patient Care Assistant or PCA) to provide bedside care and a positive patient experience. The role anticipates patients’ needs by providing drinks, helping with meal ordering, encouraging walking, assisting with baths, and supplying clean linens and gowns. The PCA provides clinical assistance to the bedside registered nurse, including obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or behavioral changes to the primary RN or charge nurse so that patients can receive prompt assessment and treatment. The PCA helps maintain patient safety by using gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm’s reach of patients while they move. This is a full-time night-shift position in the Adult Neurology Critical Care Unit at Methodist. The work calls for compassion, a caring bedside manner, and the ability to function in a fast-paced environment while managing physical demands, interruptions, and stress.

Requirements

Current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA, or attainment of certification at the completion of the IU Health PCA education program.
Advanced life support certifications may be required depending on unit or department specialty and patient care policies.
Knowledge of care appropriate to the age and developmental level of patients served.
Up-to-date knowledge of procedures and standards related to patient care activities.
Proficiency in interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to maintain mental awareness and withstand a high level of tension and stress.
Ability to maintain concentration amid frequent interruptions and variable noise levels.
Ability to exercise judgment and initiative when resolving problems.
Ability to set priorities and manage a high workload within limited time.
Knowledge of procedures, equipment, software, and standards related to patient care activities performed by non-licensed roles such as PCA/PCR/PCI.
Knowledge of infection-control principles.
Ability to perform physically demanding and repetitive movements.
Ability to read and perform basic math.
Ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
Knowledge of good personal hygiene and aseptic techniques to help prevent infection of patients, self, and others.

Responsibilities

Provide drinks and assist patients with meal ordering.
Encourage patients to walk and assist with baths.
Provide patients with clean linens and gowns.
Obtain vital signs and report abnormalities or changes in patient behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse.
Use safety measures such as gait belts and bed and chair alarms, and stay within arm’s reach of patients when they are moving.
Provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN.