Patient Care Technician | Hospital

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Position Highlights

Part Time - Benefit Eligible (48 hours per pay period)

Work Shifts:

Day Shift (Day Shift (7:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.)

Night Shift (7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)

Rotating Weekends/Holidays

A Brief Overview
Provides clerical and nursing assistant support services under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse.

What you will do

• Provides assistance to patients with their activities of daily living.

• Performs routine duties and non-routine duties as directed by nursing staff. This may includes but not limited to assisting patients with bathing and dressing needs, shaving, oral hygiene, bed making, transfers into and out of bed, repositioning, toileting needs, serving and collecting food trays, encouraging and/or assisting with feeding, answering call lights, insuring a clean environment, transporting patients upon admission and dismissal, assisting with ambulation and orienting/reorienting of resident to the facility environment to insure resident safety.

• Performs blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration and weight. Documents concise and factual information on the appropriate forms.

• Performs or assists patients in performing specific medical care activities in accordance with established policy and procedure to contribute to the patient's plan of care. This includes assisting patients in performing restorative exercises, collecting specimens as directed by nursing staff. Assessing and documenting completed cares. Provide feedback to nursing staff immediately on status or changes in patient conditions, pain management, and other important concerns.

• Assists with restocking supplies and maintaining appropriate work environment in unit including cleaning procedures.

• Participates in providing emotional, educational and spiritual support for families.

• Performs clerical duties related to procedures such as admission, discharge, and transfers. Keeps patient records current. Enters data into the computer.

• Understands and follows established policy and procedures related to fire, tornado, evacuation, disaster plan, universal precautions, infection control procedures, hazardous and chemical communication program. Maintains an environment that is clean and safe for all residents, families and staff.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• CNA Certified or the ability to complete the CNA courses to become certified within 60 days of hire.

Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Freeman Regional Health Services is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO is available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Freeman Regional Health Services pays a portion of health insurance premiums for eligible hires.

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.

• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Freeman Regional Health Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law.