Patient Care Technician - Surgical Services - Full Time (40 hours/week)

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.  We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.  We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare

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The Patient Care Technician, after a supervised orientation, delivers care within their scope of practice under the direction of an RN and/or another licensed professional.  The Patient Care Technician delivers patient care within their scope of practice.  In addition to routine certified nursing assistant and/or unit secretary duties, is trained to room patients, take vital signs, transport patients, stock rooms, check outdates, and make reminder calls for patient check in time etc.  He/she is trained to do basic rhythm interpretation, to use specialty equipment, and to assist in procedures. 

What is required...

• Basic Nursing Assistant class; current Washington State NAC license;
• Current CPR card (maintenance required);
• Gastroenterology Technical Specialist Training program (must receive within 1 year of hire – mandatory to work in SOP)

What is preferred...

• Six months experience as an NAC

Wage:  Wage range starts at $19.80/hour and goes up to $31.85/hour.  Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.

FTE:  1.0 = 40 hours/week

Schedule:  Primarily Monday - Friday; (5) Eight Hour Shifts

Benefits:  This position is benefits eligible 

Union Status:  This is a Teamsters Union covered position