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Patient Care Technician-Cardiac Telemetry Part Time Nights

Northwestern Medicine · McHenry, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Oct 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about your experience caring for patients in a hospital or care setting.

What they are checking: Whether they have hands-on patient care experience to build on in a busy telemetry unit.

How do you help a patient with bathing while protecting their dignity?

What they are checking: Whether they provide personal care with respect, which matters deeply to patients.

Tell me about a time you worked under stress. How did you stay organized?

What they are checking: Whether they can stay calm and focused in the fast, changing environment the posting describes.

What would you do

You take a patient's vital signs and the heart rate is much higher than before. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they report abnormal findings to the nurse right away instead of just recording them.

Three call lights go on at once. How do you decide who to see first?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize safety needs like falls and pain and ask for help when needed.

A nurse asks you to do something you haven't been trained to do. What do you say?

What they are checking: Whether they stay within their training and speak up instead of risking patient harm.

How would you answer a family member who asks you about their loved one's test results?

What they are checking: Whether they protect patient privacy and connect the family with the nurse.

About the work

How do you check a blood glucose reading, and what do you do if it's very low?

What they are checking: Whether they know the procedure and when to alert the RN immediately.

Why does it matter to record intake and output accurately on a cardiac unit?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that fluid balance is important for heart patients, so records must be exact.

How do you keep patients safe from falls?

What they are checking: Whether they know practical fall prevention, a common and serious risk on hospital units.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The Patient Care Tech reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. Under the supervision of an RN performs basic patient care activities. Responsibilities: • Performs basic nursing care activities as delegated and supervised by an RN, including monitoring vital signs, taking blood glucose measurements, and recording intake and output. • Assists patients with tending to personal care and activities of daily living, including bathing, grooming and eating. • Reports abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to nursing staff. • Assists with keeping patient rooms clean and orderly. • Demonstrates flexibility, organization, and multi-tasking. Able to function under stressful situations. • Utilizes critical thinking skills to successfully demonstrate the ability to prioritize and complete unit work quickly as the needs of the unit, patients and staff change. • Serves as liaison between patient care units and all other patient related departments. • Answers telephone, intercom and call lights in a polite manner using appropriate telephone etiquette and communicates information to the appropriate staff/family/patient. • Manages the overall unit workflow in concert with the charge RN and/or assistant manager, on an as needed basis. • Performs pre-census and validates daily admission, discharge and census lists, on an as needed basis. Required: • High School Diploma or equivalent • Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, or nursing school students with one semester of clinical completed • American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Preferred: • Phlebotomy experience • Graduate of an accredited Nursing Assistant program or Graduate of Phlebotomy course Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.

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