Patient Care Technician | 40 hours per week | Medical Care Unit

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center•West Burlington, IA

About The Position

Provides basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse, delivering high-quality care to adult, medical/surgical, geriatric, telemetry, cardiac, neonatal, infant, toddler, school-age, adolescent, and psychiatric patients. Duties vary by unit and include supporting rehabilitation patients with conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, neurologic disorders, debilitation, amputations, and burns. The role may also include clerk and other administrative duties. The position is scheduled for 40 hours per week, from 11:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., with every other weekend and holiday rotation. The minimum hiring wage is $18.89 per hour.

Requirements

Completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) course, or completion within four months of hire; applicants currently in high school must complete a C.N.A. course.
Computer experience.
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.
Obtain Certified Nursing Assistant certification within 120 days.
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.

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.
Use policies and procedures to prevent patient falls and assist with wound prevention and prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries.
Care for restrained patients and monitor their safety as directed by a licensed nurse.
Use equipment and supplies cost-consciously and follow personal safety practices, including use of infection-control devices, lifts, gait belts, eye shields, and gloves.
Demonstrate accurate keyboarding, computer navigation, and basic math skills for calculating intake and output.
Set up equipment such as oxygen, portable X-ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles.
Respond to patients’ call lights promptly and address requests or communicate them to coworkers.
Perform skin assessments and promptly report abnormal findings to a licensed nurse.
Assist with activities of daily living, feeding patients who cannot feed themselves, and maintaining clean patient rooms and linens.
Collect and correctly label specimens, including urine, feces, and sputum; deliver messages, documents, and specimens.
Measure and record intake and output and vital signs, observe patient conditions, and promptly report changes to professional staff.
Help patients walk, exercise, and move in and out of bed; transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher; and turn and reposition patients to prevent pressure ulcers.
Monitor patients proactively for safety, communicate monitoring needs to the licensed nurse, and consistently use patient-safety devices, including appropriate bed and chair alarms.
Document care activities accurately and promptly in the medical record.
Perform blood glucose monitoring and other directed quality monitoring, and 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.
Maintain unit supplies and inventory; perform clerical and administrative tasks, including accurate and timely order entry and ordering supplies.
Assemble, clean, and tear down medical records.
Operate nurse-call, fax, scanning, photocopying, computer, telephone, and telemetry systems.
Perform equipment quality checks, such as checks on crash carts and transport monitors.
Provide rehabilitative nursing care to rehabilitation patients under the direction of a licensed nurse and in coordination with other health team members.

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