Patient Care Technician Adult Surgical Step-down Unit PT Day- University

About the role

This is a Part-Time Day position. As a bedside caregiver, IU Health is seeking a Patient Care Technician (also known as a Patient Care Assistant or PCA) who will provide a phenomenal patient experience by anticipating the needs of patients such as providing drinks, assisting with meal ordering, encouraging walking, assisting with baths, and providing clean linens and gowns. Our PCA's have compassion for our patients, a caring bedside manner, and an ability to work in a fast paced environment. They will provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN by obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or changes in a patient's behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse in order to detect and provide rapid treatment. A PCA always keeps patients safe by utilizing safety measures such as gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm's reach of patients when moving around.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN by obtaining vital signs and reporting abnormalities or changes in a patient's behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse.
• Encourage walking and assist with baths as needed.
• Provide clean linens and gowns as needed.
• Obtain vital signs and report abnormalities or changes in a patient's behavior to the primary RN or charge nurse.
• Assist with meal ordering and provide drinks to patients.
• Ensure patients are kept safe by using safety measures such as gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and staying within arm's reach of patients when moving around.

Requirements

• Current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA or attainment at the completion of the IU Health PCA education program.
• Knowledge of care appropriate to the age and developmental level of the patients served.
• Up to date knowledge of procedures and standards related to patient care activities.
• Proficiency in interpersonal and communication skills.
• Constant mental awareness and the ability to withstand a high level of tension and stress.
• Able to set priorities and manage a high workload within a limited time for completion.
• Knowledge of principles of infection control.
• Ability to perform physically demanding; repetitious movements.
• Ability to read and perform basic math.
• Ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
• Knowledge of principles of good personal hygiene and aseptic techniques to prevent infection of patients; self; and others.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of procedures; equipment; software and standards related to patient care activities that non-licensed role performs (for example PCA/PCR/PCI).

Skills

• Compassion for patients.
• Caring bedside manner.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN.
• Ability to keep patients safe by utilizing safety measures.

Benefits

• Outstanding benefit package for part-time and full-time positions.
• Competitive pay.
• Development opportunities & tuition reimbursement.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in this posting.