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Your best life. Our one purpose.

Join us and find your PURPOSE! Patient Care Tech In- Training Opportunity. LIMITED SEATS available. UNIQUE LEARNING APPROACH!

BE A PARTNER IN CARE – Multiple class dates available!

Trinity Health will train and pay you to become a Nursing Assistant! If you are looking to get into the hospital patient support setting but lack experience – Our Patient Care Tech In Training Program is for you! We provide a training platform that is virtual, interactive, and flexible.

This is a great opportunity if you would like to become a future Nurse.

Join MercyOne and begin your career pathway to making a difference in other’s lives!

What we offer:

We care about your well-being, both physical and mental, which is why our benefit package includes:

• Wellness programs
• Education reimbursement
• Personalized health insurance plans including dental and vision
• Paid time off
• Long- and short-term leave
• Retirement planning
• Life insurance coverage

About the job:

The Patient Care Technician (PCT) Training Program is a temporary position for colleagues hired into the PCT Training Program without experience or training as a Certified Nursing Assistant. The PCT Training Program is 80 hours in length, inclusive of classroom and clinical hours.

What you will do:

• Attends didactic and clinical training sessions as outlined in the course curriculum . Adheres to attendance requirements.
• Receives training to assist patients with activities including personal hygiene, bathing, ambulation, transporting, dressing/undressing, nutrition/feeding, and elimination needs.
• Assists in the delivery of patient care with supervision by an RN, LPN, or Patient Care Technician .
• Responds to patient calls and performs patient rounds to ensure the environment is safe/tidy.
• Trained in the use of safe patient handling techniques when repositioning, transferring, and ambulating patients.
• Performs safety patient observation for patients who are impulsive and/or at risk of injury to self or others.
• Observes and communicates patient needs to the nurse/PCT.
• Collects and labels specimens.
• Complies with health and safety standards and guidelines such as maintaining a safe environment, reporting and recording of health and safety-related incidents, demonstrating understanding of emergency plans, and safe use of department equipment .

What we are looking for:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Acceptance into the Patient Care Technician training program.
• Must successfully complete the PCT Training Program with time frame identified in job offer.

Why MercyOne Western Iowa?

MercyOne Western Iowa serves the needs of individuals in a 33-county area including western Iowa, eastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center, a 238-bed regional facility, is home to the only Level II trauma center in the area – one of only four trauma care facilities in the state to receive verification from the American College of Surgeons – and MercyOne Air Med, a regional helicopter ambulance service. Along with owned and managed hospitals in Primghar and Hawarden, Iowa, and a partnership with Dunes Surgical Hospital in South Dakota, the region also operates a primary care network, specialty care clinics and home health care, providing an entire continuum of preventative, primary, acute and tertiary health care services to provide personalized, compassionate care for the communities we serve and beyond.

About MercyOne and Trinity Health

We are MercyOne: a connected system of health care facilities and services dedicated to helping you and your community live your best life so you can get well—and stay well. With 420 care locations, our clinics, medical centers and affiliates are never too far from home, allowing us to improve the lives of individuals and communities across the state of Iowa and beyond. MercyOne Western Iowa is a member of Trinity Health.

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

Our Mission defines us:

MercyOne serves with fidelity to the Gospel as a compassionate, healing ministry of Jesus Christ to transform the health of our communities.

Our timeless Values guide us:

• Reverence
• Integrity
• Commitment to the Poor
• Compassion
• Excellence
• Justice
• Stewardship

MercyOne Cultural Beliefs direct us:

• Be ONE: I benefit from and strengthen MercyOne.
• Personalize Care: Your experience. My responsibility.
• Own It!: I own my actions to deliver our key results.
• Improve Daily: I make improvements every day for those we serve including each other.
• Innovate: I imagine and embrace bold new ideas to revolutionize health.

MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, physical disability or any other classification protected under local, state or federal law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.