Join the team at Avera!
Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.
Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.
Do you want to start your career in healthcare or are you seeking a "forever" career? Then come and join Avera as a Patient Care Technician (PCT)!
$5,000 sign-on bonus!
Position Highlights:
- May be eligible for $5,000 sign-on bonus paid out over 24 months!
- Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!
- Options for Free Health Insurance!
- Advancement: Opportunities are available if you desire career growth in a healthcare field.
- Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve by providing direct care.
Job Summary
- Responsible to provide clerical/reception support for clinical care of patients on designated unit.
- Primarily works in the inpatient nursing departments of Med/Surg and Women's Center, but will cross-train to the Emergency Department
- Performs blood glucose test, accurately and timely, including point-of-care (POC) documentation for defined quality controls.
- Maintains accurate and concise records, documenting promptly all pertinent information in the patient’s EMR.
- Responsible for preparation of rooms for admissions, return from surgery/transfers, and transportation of patients throughout the facility.
- Provides patients with dietary needs such as calling for meal selection; tray set-up and assistance with feeding.
- Provides ADLs for patients, including bed linen changes and maintaining clean, orderly patient rooms.
- A sincere desire to provide the highest quality of care for patients.
- The ability to provide care in a fast-paced environment while collaborating with your team.
Licensure/Certification/Registration
- Must be 16 years of age.
- BLS certifications required within 90 days of hire.
- MN CNA and CPI certification required within 6 months of hire.
Work Schedule
- Night Shifts: 7:00pm-7:30am; 48 hours every 2 weeks
- Every third weekend
- 2 holidays per year
- Occasional call time
Pay
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
- $18.25 - $24.00 per hour
