Patient Care Technician; PCT - Acute Care​/ICU, Part Time, Day Shift

Description

At Island Health, people are at the center of everything we do. As a part of the Acute Care team, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our mission to care for those who care for others. You’ll help create a positive and seamless experience for every team member—ensuring they feel valued, supported, and heard.

• Location:
  
  Anacortes, WA, Onsite
• Schedule:
  
  0.75 FTE / Day Shift
• Salary: $20.70/hr - $30.75/hr
• Night Differential: $2.25
• Evening Differential: $1.65
• Weekend Differential: $1.50

• Answers signal lights and bells to determine patients’ needs.
• Bathes, dresses, and undresses patients.
• Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.
• Transports patients to treatment units, using wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or may assist them to walk.
• Assist with ambulation.
• Drapes patients for examinations and treatments, and remains with patients, performing such duties as holding instruments and adjusting lights.
• Assist patients to bathroom, bedside commode, or with use of bedpan for toileting.
• Tidy and clean patients’ rooms.
• Washes and dresses bodies of deceased persons.
• Changes bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephones.
• Takes and records blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration rates, glucose levels, and food and liquid intake and output as directed. Reports unusual findings to nurse.
• Assists with turning and repositioning patients as needed.
• Reports to RN any abnormal vital signs, skin breakdown, decline in mentation or other observed changes.
• Enters data into computer system.
• Places telemetry electrodes accurately when ordered.
• Collects urine and stool specimens for lab, runs guiac testing.

• Current Washington State Nursing Assistant Certification.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification.
• 3 to 6 months previous CNA experience preferred.
• High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred.

At Island Health, every role contributes to our mission of compassionate, high-quality care. Join us and help create a workplace where every team member feels valued and supported.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off and Extended Illness Benefits
• Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Vested Retirement Contributions and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment Programs
• Employee Recognition Events and a supportive, community-focused team

Apply today and take the next step in your career with Island Health.