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Patient Care Technician/Transporter

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System

Watertown, SD | Full Time

$30k-38k (estimate)

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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is Hiring a Patient Care Technician/Transporter Near Watertown, SD

Care Technician/Transporter – Surgical Services

Workplace Details

Join our team and see why Prairie Lakes Healthcare System continues to be named a Top Rural and Community Hospital year after year. Be a part of our mission to make a positive difference in the health of the patients and communities we serve by delivering accessible, high-quality, affordable, and compassionate healthcare. Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is an independent, non-profit rural healthcare system serving 10 counties in northeastern South Dakota and west-central Minnesota.

Job Summary

This full-time position works with Surgical Services staff as a technician to support functions to include routine OR specific housekeeping, patient transport and case support activities.

Responsibilities include:

•Distributes scrubs and laundry to appropriate areas and assists with maintaining appropriate inventory levels.

•Confirms OR lounges and locker rooms are stocked and in good condition to start the day.

•Acts as a courier collecting and distributing mail, delivering supplies, requisitions, specimens, and materials to the appropriate areas and departments.

•Assists with pulling supplies, instruments, and equipment for next day cases.

•Assists with performing turnover of OR rooms to include cleaning, emptying garbage, and assisting the team with case set-up.

•Assist in Sterile Processing as needed and trained.

•Assist materials management techs with loading stock, filling requisitions, and putting supplies away.

•Assists staff with checking outdates and handling of OR supplies.

•Assists with transporting patients during the perioperative phases using proper identification and hand off communication processes.

•Provides directions to patients, their families and visitors in a concise, informative and positive manner referring them to appropriate person or waiting room.

•Answers telephone, screens and routes call appropriately.

•Other duties may be assigned.

Benefits

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System offers comprehensive benefits for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 403(b)-retirement plan, and generous paid time off to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

Additional benefits for those qualifying include:

•Flexible Spending Account

•Roth IRA retirement plan

•Employee Assistance Program for mental health

•Education Loan Program

•Community discounts including the Prairie Lakes Wellness Center

Qualifications

High School diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Mandatory Basic Life Support Training per policy.

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Job Summary

JOB TYPE

Full Time

SALARY

$30k-38k (estimate)

POST DATE

04/10/2024

EXPIRATION DATE

07/07/2024

WEBSITE

prairielakes.com

HEADQUARTERS

WATERTOWN, SD

SIZE

25 - 50

FOUNDED

1986

REVENUE

<$5M

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About Prairie Lakes Healthcare System

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System is a leader in regional healthcare for northeastern South Dakota and western Minnesota. Caring for a ten-county service area of 90,000 people, the health professionals of Prairie Lakes are dedicated to excellence. That commitment has made Prairie Lakes one of the most innovative rural healthcare systems in the nation. Prairie Lakes has been a dynamic model for rural health, achieving consistently high scores for value and quality. We've served as a "show site" for patient care technology and diagnostic equipment, and we're unchallenged in our uncompromising care... for patients and their families. Healthcare is constantly changing, and we believe not only in keeping up with those changes, but keeping ahead of them. That's one of the reasons we offer a wide variety of healthcare services with advanced equipment. It's why we seek out the most skilled physicians and compassionate staff. It's because our commitment to quality healthcare is our first priority. It's what our patients deserve. More
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