Patient Care Technician Adult Rehabilitation Unit FT Day - Ball Memorial

IU Health•Muncie, IN

About The Position

IU Health is seeking a Patient Care Technician (also known as a Patient Care Assistant or PCA) for the Adult Rehabilitation Unit at Ball Memorial. This full-time, day-shift bedside caregiver provides a positive patient experience by anticipating patients’ needs, including providing drinks, assisting with meal ordering, encouraging walking, helping with baths, and providing clean linens and gowns. The PCA provides clinical assistance to bedside registered nurses by obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or changes in patient behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse to support prompt treatment. The role promotes patient safety through measures such as gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm’s reach of patients while they move. The position requires current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA, or attainment of certification upon completion of the IU Health PCA education program. Other advanced life support certifications may be required depending on unit or department specialty and patient care policies. The role calls for knowledge of age- and developmentally appropriate care, patient-care procedures and standards, infection control, and equipment and software used in non-licensed patient-care activities. It also requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, sound judgment, organization, prioritization, and the ability to work under stress and interruptions while performing physically demanding, repetitive movements.

Requirements

Current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA, or attainment at completion of the IU Health PCA education program.
Other 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.
Interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to maintain mental awareness and withstand a high level of tension and stress.
Ability to concentrate 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, repetitive movements.
Ability to read and perform basic math.
Ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
Knowledge of personal hygiene and aseptic techniques to prevent infection of patients, oneself, and others.

Responsibilities

Anticipate and address patients’ bedside needs, including providing drinks and assisting with meal ordering.
Encourage patients to walk and assist with baths.
Provide patients with clean linens and gowns.
Obtain vital signs and provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN.
Report abnormalities or changes in a patient’s behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse.
Promote patient safety by using gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm’s reach of patients while they move.