Patient Care Technician(5West)

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Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Michigan City, Indiana

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Perform delegated patient care activities including activities of daily living, data collection, and patient transportation. Support registered nurses by answering call lights and restocking unit supplies.

Qualifications

You have completed your first semester of clinicals as a nursing student and possess a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) certification. You also have prior PCT experience in an acute care healthcare setting. Upon hire, you will complete Franciscan's PCT In-training program.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

vital signs

patient transporting

Job Description

Franciscan Health Michigan City Campus3500 Franciscan Way Michigan City, Indiana 46360

Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, the PCT I at Franciscan performs delegated patient care activities in a manner that is aligned with the age-specific and beneficial needs of the patient. PCT I is an entry level position whose job functions include providing Activities of Daily Living, data collection, patient transporting, and answering calls.

WHO WE ARE
Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

  • Perform activities of daily living (ADLs): bathing, oral care, grooming (shaving), urinary catheter and ostomy care; assist with meals and feeding; assist with positioning, ambulation, and mobilization; assist with elimination and toileting.
  • Screening/Collection/Recording data & information: vital signs, intake & output, weights, specimen collection.
  • Restock patient room and unit supplies, perform equipment checks.
  • Transport patients by wheelchair, cart, bed, bassinet.
  • Answer patient call-lights, telephones, Vocera.


QUALIFICATIONS

  • Preferred High School Diploma/GED
  • Nursing student after having completed 1st semester of clinicals Required
  • Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Required
  • Prior PCT experience in another acute care health care organization Required
  • After completion of Franciscan PCT In-training program Required
  • Basic Life Support Program (BLS) - American Heart Association Franciscan will provide BLS training and recertification as needed.

TRAVEL IS REQUIRED:

Never or Rarely

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.

Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.

Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.

Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org

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Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

A trusted leader in providing faith-based, integrated health care, Franciscan Alliance brings together the latest technology, innovative procedures and the brightest, most compassionate people to serve our patients in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Throughout our 13 hospitals and many medical practices, we offer a number of nationally recognized Centers of Health Care Excellence. Our health care system carries forth Christ’s healing ministry and strengthens the Catholic health care mission by: Providing a broad, coordinated continuum of health care services with an emphasis on improving the health of persons and communities; Treating the mind, body and spirit with holistic and comprehensive medical options; Developing creative structures for health care delivery; Being advocates for those in need; Identifying and developing our sisters and laity for Franciscan leadership.
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