Float Patient Care Technician-Delnor Resource Team Part Time Nights
Posted Sep 15, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Floating means a different unit most shifts. What's the first thing you do when you arrive somewhere you've never worked?
What they are checking: Orientation habits such as finding supplies, the charge nurse and the emergency equipment
The job says you report abnormal findings and changes to nursing staff. Tell me about a time you spoke up and were glad you did.
What they are checking: Whether they will report a concern to the nurse even when unsure, because early reports often catch problems before they become serious.
How do you help someone bathe and use the toilet while protecting their dignity?
What they are checking: Respect in the parts of the job nobody talks about
What do you do to stay alert and useful at four in the morning?
What they are checking: Whether they have real habits for staying alert on nights, since tired mistakes in the early morning hours can hurt patients.
What would you do
This is two twelve-hour nights a week on the Delnor resource team, seven at night to seven thirty in the morning, with every other Friday and Saturday night and rotating holidays. Does that pattern work for your life?
What they are checking: Whether the weekend and holiday commitment has really been considered
You notice a patient is more confused than they were two hours ago. What do you do?
What they are checking: Recognizing a change is reportable and telling the nurse promptly
Nights are thin on staff. How do you get help when a patient needs two people and everyone is busy?
What they are checking: Whether they will wait for help instead of attempting an unsafe lift alone, which protects both the patient and their own back.
A nurse on an unfamiliar unit asks you to do something you haven't been trained for. What do you say?
What they are checking: Knowing the limits of the role and saying so plainly
How do you prioritize when four call lights go off at once?
What they are checking: Whether they can tell urgent needs from routine ones and let waiting patients know they have been heard and will be helped.
About the work
Walk me through how you take vital signs and a blood glucose on a patient who is confused and pulling away.
What they are checking: Whether they can get accurate readings from a confused patient gently, without force, while keeping the patient calm and safe.
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