# Patient Care Technician

**Company**: Intermountain Health
**Location**: Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $18.40 - $23.92 per hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Patient Care Technician functions as a clinical support partner, assisting the patient care team by performing various tasks and procedures as instructed by a licensed professional.

**Essential Functions**

- Prioritise and deliver basic patient care, including toileting, bathing, linen and clothing changes, fresh water and ice, ambulating, comfort measures, and other patient needs, while providing excellent customer service when responding to patient and family requests.

- Report and record patient care findings and data in a timely manner. Report changes in the patient condition quickly and secure qualified assistance as needed.

- Perform telemetry duties as required based on the unit, and function as a patient care attendant by monitoring patients, addressing patient care needs, and collaborating with other members of the patient care team as required.

- Transport medications from the delivery system to the RN as required when working on a clinical unit.

- Collaborate and consult with the RN and other members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient care.

- Assume the responsibilities of a health unit coordinator, including answering phones, transcribing physician orders, managing unit records, organising, stocking, and maintaining unit supplies.

- Implement the plan of care as delegated.

- Perform assigned duties within Scope of Practice. Perform specialised procedures with skill validation and according to regulatory standards.

- Foster a safe environment by complying with the safety policy and taking appropriate action in an emergency.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Current Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA) in the state of practice.

- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

- Demonstrated basic computer literacy skills.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Prior CNA experience or applicable healthcare experience.

- Current enrollment in a nursing school program.

**Physical Requirements**

- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.

- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.

- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.

**Shift Details**

- Full-time hours, needs to be able to work both day and night shifts.

**Salary**

- $18.40 - $23.92 per hour

## Skills

### Required
- Patient Care
- Nursing
- Teamwork
- Computer Literacy
- Communication
- Patient Care Delivery
- Personal Hygiene
- Safe Patient Handling
- Vital Signs
- Specimen Collection

### Nice to have
- Prior CNA experience
- Applicable healthcare experience
- Current enrollment in nursing school program

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