Patient Care Technician Adult Surgical Step-down Unit PT Nights - Methodist

IU Health•Indianapolis, IN

21h

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 on the Adult Surgical Step-down Unit at Methodist. The role anticipates patients’ needs by providing drinks, assisting with meal ordering, encouraging walking, helping with baths, and providing clean linens and gowns. The Patient Care Technician provides clinical assistance to the bedside RN, including obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or changes in a patient’s behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse so that concerns can be addressed promptly. The role helps keep patients safe by using measures such as gait belts and bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm’s reach when patients are moving. This is a part-time night position. The role calls for compassion, a caring bedside manner, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. IU Health describes opportunities for development and offers a benefit package for part-time and full-time positions, competitive pay, and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

Current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA, or attainment of certification upon completion of the IU Health PCA education program.
Advanced life support certifications may be required according to 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 concentrate through frequent and varied interruptions and variable noise levels.
Ability to exercise judgment and initiative in resolving problems.
Ability to set priorities and manage a high workload within a limited time.
Knowledge of procedures, equipment, software, and standards related to patient-care activities performed by non-licensed roles such as PCA, PCR, or PCI.
Knowledge of infection-control principles and good personal hygiene and aseptic techniques.
Ability to perform physically demanding, repetitive movements.
Ability to read and perform basic math.
Ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
Compassion, a caring bedside manner, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Provide drinks and assist patients with meal ordering.
Encourage patients to walk.
Assist patients with baths and provide 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.
Stay within arm’s reach of patients when they are moving.
Perform patient-care activities using appropriate procedures, equipment, and standards.
Use infection-control principles and aseptic techniques to help prevent infection.