Patient Care Technician | Med Surg

Avera • O'Neill, NE

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, to maintain high-quality patient care. The role is based at Avera St Anthony's Hospital and works on an as-needed PRN basis, covering 12-hour day and night shifts.

Requirements

• Ability to work the hours specified.
• Ability to perform each essential job function satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity for position duties.
• Ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent is listed as preferred.
• Minimum age requirement: 16.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care, including ambulating, bathing, positioning, entering diet information into the computer system, passing meal trays, feeding patients, 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 and assist people, take and relay messages, help with gifts, flowers, and mail for patients, and run errands for department staff.
• Assist 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 other 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 chaplain, social services, and pastoral care as directed.
• Perform clerical duties related to admission, discharge, charts and forms, transfer, and death procedures.
• Manage interdepartmental and patient mail.
• Keep patient rooms orderly, change bed linens, and perform routine cleaning tasks.
• Maintain confidentiality and coordinate work effectively with team members while following applicable safety standards and regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED