Patient Care Technician

Job Title:

CNA (Certified Nurse Aide)

Location:

Avera Creighton Hospital

Worker Type:

Work Shift:

Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$18.00 - $23.50

Position Highlights Hours:

7:00am-7:00pm/7:00pm-7:00am, e/3rd wknd/hol; 72hrs/2wks

Job Summary:

Provide routine patient care and support services in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Provides safe and direct patient care: ambulating, bathing, positioning, entering diet information into the computer system, passing meal trays, feeding and attending to other care needs.
• Greets all persons coming to the area assigned, answer inquiries, may direct and assist them, take and relay messages, assist with gifts, flowers, and mail for patients, run errands for department staff.
• Ambulates patients and assist them in and out of wheelchairs, measures intakes and outputs, may collect specimens and transport patients as needed.
• Answers telephone, operates paging system, and attends station and direct traffic during emergencies.
• Prepares requisitions for diagnostic and therapeutic services patients as directed and coordinate appointments with respective departments. Makes outpatient appointments for discharging patients.
• Requisition of supplies and equipment, maintenance and repairs services and prepares related forms.
• Requests services such as the following as directed: Chaplain, social services, and pastoral care.
• Performs clerical duties related to procedures such as admission, discharge, preparing appropriate charts and forms, transfer, and death.
• Manages interdepartmental and patient mail.
• Maintains patient rooms in an orderly condition, changes bed linens and provides routine cleaning tasks.

Requirements:

• High School or GED Equivalent
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Licensing Board

Expectations and Standards:

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.

Benefits:

• PTO front-loaded for eligible hires
• Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera Health Benefits You Need & Then Some:

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees.

Salary : $18 - $24