Patient Care technician (PCT)|CVS & Pulm Unit

Avera•Sioux Falls, SD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Technician provides routine patient care and support services according to established policies and procedures and as directed by a nurse or physician, helping maintain a high degree of patient-care quality. The role is based at Avera McKennan Hospital in the CVS & Pulm Unit and works 72 hours per two weeks on rotating day and evening shifts, with every sixth weekend and holiday. Listed pay is $18.00–$23.50 per hour, dependent on experience. The position may be eligible for a $750 SOB. The technician provides direct care and assists patients with daily needs, supports unit operations and communication, coordinates services and appointments, performs related clerical work, and helps maintain patient rooms and equipment. Teamwork, confidentiality, safety, and Avera’s values and service standards are expected.

Requirements

Ability to work the specified hours.
Ability to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
Minimum age requirement: 16.
Maintain confidentiality and work effectively in a team environment.
Comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including those associated with CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) license or certification.

Responsibilities

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