Patient Care Technician, (PCT) - Acute Care/ICU, Full Time, Night Shift

Island Health is offering a $3,000 sign on bonus for an experienced Acute Care/ICU Patient Care Technician for our full time night shift at our hospital in Anacortes, WA.
Work Schedule:

• 0.9 FTE / 36 hours per week
• 12 hour shifts
• Night shift

Salary Range: $18.65 - $27.70

• $3,000 Sign on bonus for eligible new employees
• Night Differential - $2.25
• Evening Differential - $1.65
• Weekend Differential - $1.50

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Why Choose Island Health?
Whether you're a new grad or experienced in your field and considering a change, we invite you to explore a wide range of careers at Island Health with exceptional benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Extended Illness Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• Vested Retirement Contribution
• Flexible Spending Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Recognition Events
• And More!

Acute Care/ICU Patient Care Technician Job Responsibilities:

• Answers signal lights and bells to determine patients' needs.
• Bathes, dresses, and undresses patients.
• Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.
• Transports patients to treatment units, using wheelchair, stretcher, bed, or may assist them to walk.
• Assist with ambulation.
• Drapes patients for examinations and treatments, and remains with patients, performing such duties as holding instruments and adjusting lights.
• Assist patients to bathroom, bedside commode, or with use of bedpan for toileting
• Tidy and clean patients' rooms.
• Washes and dresses bodies of deceased persons.
• Changes bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephones.
• Takes and records blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration rates, glucose levels, and food and liquid intake and output as directed. Reports unusual findings to nurse.
• Assists with turning and repositioning patients as needed.
• Reports to RN any abnormal vital signs, skin breakdown, decline in mentation or other observed changes,
• Enters data into computer system.
• Places telemetry electrodes accurately when ordered.
• Collects urine and stool specimens for lab, runs guiac testing

Job Requirements:

• Current Washington State Nursing Assistant Certification
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification
• 3 to 6 months previous CNA experience preferred
• High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred

Join our award-winning team and apply today!
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