Patient Care Tech - Inpatient Services - Spencer Hospital

**Location:**Spencer, IA**Worker Type:**Regular**Work Shift:**Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays (United States of America)Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.**Position Highlights****CNA certification and active nurse aide registry is a requirement of the position.****Responsibilities:*** Provides personal needs for our patients: Grooming – am/pm care, shaving/preps, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, bedside glucose testing, obtaining laboratory samples (i.e. urinalysis, sputum specimen, etc.)* Maintains a clean and organized and therapeutic patient environment* Provides for appropriate transporting and re-stocking of supplies and other items related to patient care needs* Provides for the efficient management of written and verbal patient information* Prepares and maintains the medical record* Prepares and organizes charts for admission, transfer and dismissal* Maintains patient confidentiality, including protection of the medical record, order communication data and all other verbal and written patient information* Transcribes physician orders under the supervision of licensed nurses in a timely manner* Monitors new orders and ensures these are verified by the RN/LPN per Spencer Hospital policy* Identifies and places appropriate pre-printed orders and consents on the medical record when indicated* Recognizes and utilizes medical terminology and approved abbreviations per Spencer Hospital policy* Assists with the transfer process of patients within the hospital and to external facilities* Participates in all departmental/cleaning activities as assigned* Follows appropriate cleaning standards including sanitation standards* Completes and hands in daily cleaning checklist assigned to each specific work area* Completes spot cleaning of carpets when floor maintenance staff is busy or unavailable* **Position will require to float in times of low census to a high needs department including patient care departments and environmental services****Requirements:*** Must be a caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and be comfortable with technological systems* CNA certification and nurse aide registry required* BLS required or willing to obtain upon hire - Inhouse education available**Schedule:*** 72 hr per pay period* Day/Night 12 hr shifts - 6-6* Every other weekend* The schedule may fluctuate based upon the needs of the department**Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!****Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at View phone number on click.appcast.io or email View email address on click.appcast.io.****Learn more about Spencer Hospital:** #J-18808-Ljbffr