Patient Care Technician, South - Med-Surg

Overview

Performs a variety of direct patient care procedures to assist the unit manager, professional staff and physicians in providing patient care focused on the needs of the patient.

• Employment Type: Full time
• Shift: 12 Hour Day Shift

• GENERAL PATIENT CARE - Meets the comfort and hygiene needs of the patient.
• TECHNICAL CARE - Assists with completion of patient testing and treatment procedures, sets up and primes IV tubing, 12-lead ECG, simple tracheostomy suctioning and care, changes dressings, performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation, obtains wound and throat cultures.
• EQUIPMENT - Assists physician and professional staff in equipment supply and set up.
• TRANSPORT - Assists with ambulating patients with assistive devices such as crutches and with transfer/transport procedures.
• COMMUNICATION - Performs required documentation and communicates in a competent and effective manner to meet patient and/or family needs and regulatory requirements. Maintains strict confidentiality of patient, employee and department information to ensure patient rights.
• QUALITY IMPROVEMENT - Utilizes time and resources effectively to promote quality and cost outcomes.

• Minimum Education: Preferred:
  High School Diploma plus training acquired through work experience or education
• Minimum Experience: Required:
  Less than one year of previous job-related experience
  Preferred: 1-2 years of previous job-related experience
• Licensure/
  
  Certifications:
  
  Required:
  Certified Nurse Assistant, BLS (Basic Life Support) through AHA
• Other: Completion of a Nursing Assistant Program with placement on the Illinois Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry or verification of an equal or higher educational level in a clinically focused program. Individuals working as Patient Care Assistants at Loyola University Medical Center prior to 1997 are exempt from the above guidelines and are grandfathered into the Patient Care Tech roles upon successful completion of an in-house orientation and training program for the Patient Care Tech position.

Salary Range: $16.70 - $25.53 per hour

• Benefits from Day One
• Competitive Shift Differentials
• Career Development
• Tuition Reimbursement
• On Site Fitness Center (Gottlieb Memorial Hospital & LUMC)
• Referral Rewards

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.