Patient Care Technician Medical Surgical Unit

Minimum Hiring Wage:
From $18.89 per hour.

Scheduled

Hours:

6:30pm - 7:00am, every other weekend.

As a Certified Nursing Assistant you will provide basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse, ensuring high‑quality care across a broad range of patient populations, including adult, medical/surgical, geriatric, telemetry, cardiac, neonatal, pediatric, and psychiatric patients.

• Perform bedside shift report at the beginning and end of shift.
• Utilize policies and procedures to keep patients safe from falls.
• Assist in wound prevention and reduce hospital‑acquired pressure injuries.
• Care for restrained patients and monitor for safety per licensed nurse direction.
• Use equipment and supplies cost‑effectively.
• Adhere to safety practices for personal protection, including infection‑control devices, lifts, gait belts, eye shields, and gloves.
• Demonstrate accurate keyboarding proficiency and computer navigation skills.
• Calculate intake and output using basic math.
• Set up equipment such as oxygen, portable X‑ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles.
• Answer room call lights promptly and direct requests to the appropriate staff.
• Perform skin assessments and report abnormal results to the licensed nurse in a timely manner.
• Perform activities of daily living (ADL’s).
• Maintain cleanliness of patient rooms and change linens as appropriate.
• Collect and correctly label specimens (urine, feces, sputum).
• Deliver messages, documents, and specimens.
• Feed patients who are unable to feed themselves.
• Observe patients, recording intake/output and vital signs; report changes to professional staff promptly.
• Assist patients with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
• Transport patients to treatment units using a wheelchair or stretcher.
• Turn and reposition patients to prevent pressure ulcers.
• Proactively monitor patients for safety and communicate any monitoring device needs.
• Consistently use patient safety devices.
• Document activities accurately and timely in the medical record.
• Perform blood glucose monitoring and report abnormal results promptly.
• Perform quality monitoring as directed (e.g., BGM).
• Use bed/chair alarms appropriately for fall prevention.
• Greet visitors and callers, ascertain purpose, and direct them to appropriate staff.
• Facilitate admissions, discharges, and transfers in collaboration with other staff.
• Operate office equipment (nurse call, fax, scanners, photocopier, computer, telephone system, telemetry).
• Perform clerical and administrative functions including inventory management of supplies.
• Conduct quality checks on equipment such as crash cart and transport monitor.

• Completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) course (or complete within four months of hire).
• Computer experience.
• Health care experience within the last five years (preferred).
• Mandatory reporting:
  Dependent Adult Abuse (mandatory reporter to Iowa Department of Human Services) within 180 days of hire;
  Child Abuse (mandatory reporter) within 180 days;
  Certified Nursing Assistant (mandatory reporter) within 120 days.
• Emergency First Response and Choking training within 90 days of hire.
• MOAB (Medical Officer Assessment and Briefing) within 12 months of hire.
• Restraint training completed after hire.
• Acute care training in Med Surg and Telemetry (as applicable).

• Competitive base pay
• Matching retirement programs
• Health, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee discounts (car rental, cell‑phone plans)
• Employer‑paid:
  Long‑Term Disability, Life, and AD&D
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted cafeteria meals
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Service Recognition program
• Voluntary plans:
  Life, AD&D, Short‑Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.