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Carle Health · 2 months ago

Healthcare Tech- Internal Agency (Float Staff)

US-IL-Urbana

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$17.89/hr - $28.98/hr

Carle Health is a healthcare system based in Urbana, IL, with nearly 16,600 team members across its facilities. The Healthcare Technician (HCT) role involves supporting licensed nursing staff by providing personal care and hygiene needs for patients, facilitating communication, and assisting with various patient care tasks.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

Assists with the maintenance of unit supplies to ensure the smooth function of the unit, including stocking nurse servers, cleaning instruments and equipment, ordering supplies, and making up charts

Collects data on assigned patients as directed by Registered Nurse (RN) and ensures accurate documentation

Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills as outlined in the skills checklist including: measurement of vital signs, blood glucose monitoring, and measuring and recording intake and output

Performs or assists patients with the activities of daily living

Prepares patients for transportation and/or transport

Floats for various inpatient units to provide direct patient care such as vital signs taking, accuchecks, specimen collection and sending them to lab, personal hygiene, assists with feeding and tidying the patient's rooms

Remove patient peripheral IV lines, foley catheters and a-lines at certain units

Keep patient safe by providing 1:1 direct patient care as a bedside sitter

Manages the Video Remote Sitter by monitoring patients who are in the VRS camera to keep them safe from falls, removing lines and drains, elopement and similar situations

Coordinates with AvaSure when the VRS camera is down and troubleshoot them

Qualification

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)Basic Life Support (BLS)Vital signs measurementBlood glucose monitoringPatient care assistanceCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)

H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)

Completion of CNA coursework within past 24 months

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

At least one semester of nursing clinical experience

Certified Medical Assistant at Carle Health

Worked as CNA within past 24 months

Successful completion of Carle's HCT In Training Program

Relevant medical military training

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Company

Carle Health

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Carle Health is a vertically integrated system with a bold but simple mission: to be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions for everyone who depends on it.

Founded in 1946