Primary City/State: Glendale, Arizona Department Name: PCU-Medical ST4EW-Hosp Work Shift: Day Job Category: Clinical Care * Up to $3000 Sign-On Bonus Available * Banner Health was recognized on Becker's Healthcare 2024 list of 150+ top places to work in healthcare. This list highlights hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that prioritize workplace excellence and the happiness, satisfaction, wellbeing and fulfilment of their employees. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center has served the Northwest Valley for more than 25 years and our unrelenting focus on excellent patient care has helped us become one of the most preferred hospitals in the Valley. In addition to being a Level 1 Trauma Center, the facility also includes a heart and vascular center, state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a new Emergency department. In your role as a Certified Patient Care Assistant - CPCA in the Progressive Care Unit - PCU at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center , you will help provide basic nursing assistance to PCU patients. Our 4-6th Floors have extremely high acuity. 3rd Floor - Cardiac and Vascular Progressive Care Unit - PCU: This is a Cardiovascular Surgical Specialty Unit caring for a variety of cardiac and vascular medical and surgical patients. These include: peripheral vascular, cardio-thoracic surgical, heart failure, and respiratory patients. 4 Floor - Neuro/Stroke and Trauma Progressive Care Unit - PCU: While 4 South specializes in Neuro and Trauma, you will see many other patient types, including multisystem complex patients. The Neuro population may include severe brain injuries (due to TBI, brain bleeds, or falls), stroke, seizures, brain tumors, and pre/post op neurosurgery. This patient population is highly acute, many times with limited mobility, and requires a collaborative approach. 5th Floor - Cardiac Progressive Care Unit - PCU: Heart failure, renal failure, COPD and interventional cardiac unit. As a PCU PCA, you will care for complex acutely ill patients. You will assist in monitoring critical vital signs and detecting changes in patient condition, working with the care team to provide interventions and promote healing. 6th Floor - General Progressive Care Unit - PCU : 40-bed general Medical PCU floor with the largest amount of variety, including multisystem complexly ill patients. As a PCU PCA, you will care for a wide variety of patients, such as vascular, cardio-thoracic surgical, heart failure, Neuro and respiratory. Our patients come from the ICU, as upgrades from floors due to a change in their acuity and as admits from the ED. You will care for a wide variety of patients, such as vascular, cardio-thoracic surgical, heart failure, Neuro and respiratory. Our model supports learning at all levels, and is truly a collaborative environment between nursing, physicians, and other therapies. Duties can vary from vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate), assisting with patient hygiene and movement, and generally monitoring the patient and providing updates to clinical staff. Bring your passion for patient care to this fast paced, teamwork oriented, and collaborative environment that supports learning at all levels. PART -TIME (PT: 2 -12's) & FULL-TIME (FT: 3 -12's) DAY SHIFTS AVAILABLE Shift Hours are from (Days) 6:00am-6:30pm You can utilize our self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage.There are no set days you can be scheduled each week Varied Shifts = could be working days nights, weekends Weekend Rotations are required in this role. 2 Weekend shifts required each month Rotating Holidays Required - 1 major and 1 minor Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-Night Shift differential when applicable Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefits to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life. Banner Health's premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children's Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience. Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring, we invite you to bring your experience and skills to Banner Thunderbird. POSITION SUMMARY This position provides routine patient care to promote patient comfort and contribute to the overall patient plan of care. This position is responsible for on-going patient data collection and documentation in the medical records and provides a variety of unit support functions which contribute to the overall efficient operation of the nursing unit/department. CORE FUNCTIONS 1. Provides assistance in activities of daily living and completes necessary tasks to promote patient health, including assisting patients with basic hygiene needs, maintaining an optimum level of mobility and providing assistance with nutritional intake as needed. 2. Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output and other delegated measurements in accordance with unit/facility policy and standards of care. Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care. Assists in the transportation of patient specimens. 3. Recognizes and reports abnormalities and/o