Patient Care Tech - Naperville ED - Day Shift
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
The emergency department at Edward Hospital moves fast. Tell me about a time you worked in a setting where priorities changed minute to minute.
What they are checking: Whether they stay focused and useful when the plan keeps changing.
Tell me about a time you received direction you didn't fully understand. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they ask clarifying questions instead of guessing on patient care tasks.
You'll be doing 12-hour shifts with rotating weekends and holidays. What keeps you going late in a long shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have the stamina and habits to stay careful through long ED shifts.
Tell me about a time you helped calm a scared or angry patient.
What they are checking: Whether they can de-escalate gently in a setting where people arrive frightened or in pain.
What would you do
A nurse asks you to get vitals on a new patient while another patient's family is asking you for water and a blanket. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they put clinical tasks first and still acknowledge the family politely.
If you have EMT-B experience, how will it help here, and what will you have to unlearn working under an RN?
What they are checking: Whether they can use their skills while staying inside a PCT's scope and taking direction from nurses.
A confused patient keeps trying to get off the stretcher. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they protect patient safety calmly and know when to alert the nurse.
About the work
What vital sign results would make you go find the nurse right away?
What they are checking: Whether they know abnormal ranges and escalate quickly instead of just charting the number.
Walk me through how you'd do an EKG on a patient with chest pain.
What they are checking: Whether they can do common ED tasks correctly and know chest pain EKGs are time-critical.
How do you protect yourself and your patients from infection when someone comes in with an unknown illness?
What they are checking: Whether they use isolation precautions and PPE correctly every time.
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