Patient Care Technician

Patient Care Technician - Earn To Learn Program, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon

This program is ideal for candidates who are looking to begin a career as a Certified Nursing Assistant.  Providence will hire you as a Patient Care Tech.  While in this role, we will pay for your coursework, and fees to become a CNA. We also pay you an hourly wage in your role as a Patient Care Tech, while attending the courses!  You will earn to learn! 

This is a part time position, requiring year-round availability.  We will hire into day shift positions. Every other weekend availability is required.  If selected for this position, you will be required to attend a full time CNA training program for 3-4 weeks.  When downtime occurs, you will be scheduled to work as a Patient Care Technician to fulfill full-time work hours.  We are NOT offering scheduling flexibility.  Scheduling will be discussed at time of interview.  You must have reliable transportation and reliable phone service (cell or land line).

After obtaining a CNA license, in exchange for Providence paying program tuition and fees, you will be required to transition into a full-time CNA position within Providence Portland Medical Center and remain in that position for a minimum of one year.   The right candidate understands and agrees to the forementioned information.   If you are interested and able to fulfill these requirements, please apply!


Earn to Learn Program:
We provide 4 -6 weeks of orientation with an established PSVMC CNA or PCT with focus on the skills listed below:

PCT duties (after on-the-job training):
1:1 patient observation for suicide prevention, elopement, or prevention of medical device dislodgement
Hygiene care: bathing, brushing teeth, toileting, urinary and fecal incontinence care
Bladder scanning
Walking patients
Vital Signs (temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation measurements)
Assistant with feeding
Participate in Basic Life Saving (BLS) interventions

CNA Education:
You will be paired up with our CNA school liaison who will guide you through registering for CNA school, and signing up for your testing and licensing. 

CNA duties (after licensing):
All of the above and:
Blood glucose monitoring
Removal of urinary catheter
Removal of peripheral IV catheter
Measure orthostatic blood pressures
Obtain specimens for testing (sputum, stool, urine)
Indwelling urinary catheter care
Apply compression stockings

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at ~Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we Providence know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required qualifications:

• Upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association

Preferred qualifications:

• Coursework/Training: Medical Terminology Course. Or Successful completion of hospital Medical terminology test within 90 days of hire.
• 6 months Health care experience.

 

Why Join Providence? 

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

 

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than