***This is a Full-Time Night 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. If you
are seeking a role where you can provide meaningful care to IU Health patients,
we want to hear from you.
As part of an award winning hospital system, our roles include:
* Outstanding benefit package for part time and full time positions
* Competitive pay
* Development opportunities & tuition reimbursement
Apply teamwork. Apply experience. Apply skill. Apply yourself. And together we
can change everything.
• Requires current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA or
attainment at the completion of the IU Health PCA education program. Other
advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department
specialty according to patient care policies.
• Requires knowledge of care appropriate to the age and developmental level of
the patients served.
• Requires up to date knowledge of procedures and standards related to patient
care activities.
• Requires proficiency in interpersonal and communication skills.
• Requires constant mental awareness and the ability to withstand a high level
of tension and stress.
• Requires ability to maintain concentration when subjected to frequent and
varied interruptions and variable noise levels.
• Requires ability to exercise judgment and initiative in the resolution of
problems encountered.
• Requires ability to set priorities and manage a high workload within a limited
time for completion.
• Requires knowledge of procedures; equipment; software and standards related to
patient care activities that non-licensed role performs (for example
PCA/PCR/PCI).
• Requires knowledge of principles of infection control.
• Requires ability to perform physically demanding; repetitious movements.
• Requires ability to read and perform basic math.
• Requires ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
• Requires knowledge of principles of good personal hygiene and aseptic
techniques to prevent infection of patients; self; and others.
* Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than
3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we’re home to the
largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members
at over 800 sites of care.
* IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley
Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country
by U.S. News & World Report.
* A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine – one of
the nation’s largest medical schools – gives patients access to
groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members
access to the latest science and the very best training – advancing
healthcare for all.
* With 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight with
Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way
through excellence.
* At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top
priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and
develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical
training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training
development.
* Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the
transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest
states.
Indiana University Health is Indiana’s most comprehensive health system, with 15
hospitals and nearly 40,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state.
We’re looking for team members who are inspired by challenging and meaningful
work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with
a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day.