ClearSky Health·Elwood, Kansas
Provide direct, non-invasive bedside care to patients, including bathing, feeding, and monitoring vital signs under RN supervision. Maintain a safe, clean, and organized patient environment while reporting changes in patient condition to nursing staff.
Our hospital provides high-quality care that transforms the lives of those living with disabling injuries and illnesses. We distinguish ourselves through our commitment to excellence, to our patients, to our employees, and to the communities we serve.
The Patient Care Technician, working under the direct supervision of Registered Nurse, is primarily responsible for providing direct, non-invasive bedside care to patients. This position must integrate company values into daily practice.
Prioritizes and delivers basic patient care, including bathing, toileting, feeding, grooming, etc. Performs and documents vital signs, measures and records intake and output, weights, specimen collections, etc. Transfers patients utilizing proper body mechanics and safe patient handling techniques.
Reports any changes observed in condition or behavior of patient to appropriate nursing personnel.
Assists in preparing unit, patient rooms, and patient beds for receiving patient admissions. Maintains bed and room in a clean, neat, safe, and comfortable manner. Removes supplies and equipment not in use; placing furnishings and equipment out of the path in order to provide a safe, neat, and organized area.
Adheres to patient rounding expectations and standards.
Assists in maintaining a physical, social, and psychological environment conducive to providing maximal patient comfort and optimizing healing.
Promptly and appropriately responds to patient and family calls and requests.
Appropriately designates applicable charges to individual patients using hospital’s established system.
May be required to work during inclement weather and other staffing emergencies.
Provides an environment conducive to safety for patients, visitors, and staff. Assesses environmental risks for safety and implements appropriate precautions. Complies with appropriate and approved safety and Infection Prevention standards.
Maintains regular attendance in keeping with assigned work schedule.
Completes required trainings, as assigned.
Performs other duties as assigned to support overall effectiveness of the organization.
• Current BLS required.
Market context
In Kansas, Patient Care Technician CNA-1 roles are commonly tied to inpatient care settings, where employers often look for current BLS certification and may prefer prior hospital experience. These positions can be competitive because candidates who already have a high school diploma or GED, hands-on inpatient experience, and a readiness to support patient care tasks closely match the stated requirements. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your BLS status and highlight any inpatient experience in your application.
