Patient Safety / Critical Care Tech (CNA) - Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care Technician

The Critical 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. Additionally, the Critical Care Technician may assume the responsibilities of a Patient Safety Attendant ensuring the patient environment is free of obstacles and minimizes the risk of falls and accidental or intentional self-harm.

Location: Park City Hospital – Park City, Utah Department/Unit: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) & other units hospital wide. Shifts: Part-time | 24 hours/week | Three 8-hour shifts Schedule: Variable, mix of days, evenings, swings, nights, weekends & holidays Pay: Starting at $18.94+ (based on patient care experience)

• Health, Vision, Dental, 401(K), Education Assistance & more!
• Shift differential pay for evenings, nights, weekends!
• Geographically pay differential 5% for this location!
• Up to $400 for annual caregiver incentive and $500 bonus for referrals

Park City is a 36-bed community hospital. We care for a wide variety of adult patients including diagnoses of DKA, PE, detox, emergencies, COVID complications, GI, general surgeries, shock and more. One of the many benefits of working on a smaller hospital is the opportunity to spend time with & educate your patients while performing cares, a luxury that you do not often have on a busier hospitals.

Essential Functions

• Prioritize 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.
• Maintain continuous line of sight of the patient at all times, including during bathroom use.
• Observe the patient while eating and drinking and assist as needed.
• Ensures the cleanliness and safety of the patient’s room.
• Accompanies the patient to tests or procedures, remaining with them unless instructed otherwise. If asked to leave, wait outside, and return as soon as the procedure is complete.
• Identifies and promptly reports any changes or concerns in the patient's status to the assigned nurse.
• Reports patient information and activities during hand-off with nursing present.
• Reports any expression of ideas or intention to hurt self/others or desire to leave the facility Against Medical Advice (AMA) to the assigned nurse.
• Communicates with team members to ensure the patient is not left alone.
• Listens attentively if the patient wishes to converse and encourage them to share concerns with the physician or assigned nurse.
• Avoids giving any advice.
• Follows all Infection Control policies.
• Completes the Environmental Safety Checklist each shift and during hand-off, ensuring ligature risks are mitigated in coordination with the primary nurse.
• Consults with the nurse partner if the patient needs to be mobilized.
• Reports and records patient care findings and data in a timely manner.
• Reports changes in the patient condition quickly and secures qualified assistance as needed.
• May 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.
• May assume the responsibilities of a health unit coordinator, including answering phones, transcribing physician orders, managing unit records, organizing, stocking, and maintaining unit supplies.
• Implements plan of care as delegated.
• Performs assigned duties within Scope of Practice.
• Performs specialized procedures with skill validation and according to regulatory standards.
• Fosters a safe environment by complying with the safety policy and taking appropriate action in an emergency.
• Remain with the patient at all times, even if family or visitors are present.
• Ensure a continuous line of sight and provide constant one‑on‑one visual observation to immediately intervene if necessary.
• Ensure the environment has limited risk factors by removing all linen immediately after use and ensuring no extra linens are in the room.
• Ensure the patient is in a gown with no strings, and remove all patient clothing, shoes, jewelry, and belongings from the room, preferably sending them home with family.
• Secure any valuables not taken by the family.
• Do not allow visitors to give any items to the patient or bring large bags into the room; consult nursing if visitors refuse.
• Only allow electric razors, remove any unnecessary electrical cords, and ensure only plastic utensils are used for meals.
• Observe closely during meals and remove utensils immediately after use.
• Ensure all plastic trash and linen bags are removed from the room.
• Ensure windows are not opened and all sharps containers are removed.
• Remove all gloves and glove boxes.
• Ensure there are no supplies, equipment, or other devices that are sharp, metal, or plastic and could be used as ligatures or ligature‑support devices.

Skills

• Patient Care
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Teamwork
• Computer Literacy
• Communication
• Patient Care Delivery
• Personal Hygiene
• Safe Patient Handling
• Vital Signs
• Specimen Collection

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

• One (1) year CNA experience preferably in a hospital setting.
• Current enrollment in 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. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location: Intermountain Health Park City Hospital Work City: Park City Work State: Utah Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $18.94 - $24.62

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