Patient Care Technician-Cardiovascular ICU and Intermediate Care Unit Part Time Days
Posted Sep 18, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
How do you keep steady when a patient in the unit is crashing?
What they are checking: The posting names functioning under stressful situations.
Part time days at Palos Heights. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: The posting states the hours, the shift and the site.
What would you do
How does your work change when a patient moves from the ICU to intermediate care?
What they are checking: The posting covers both units, and the level of independence changes.
How do you support a family sitting at a critical bedside all day?
What they are checking: In critical care the family is present and frightened, and the tech is often the approachable one.
How do you decide what to do first when the unit is busy?
What they are checking: The posting names prioritizing and completing unit work quickly.
About the work
Tell me about working in a cardiovascular intensive care unit.
What they are checking: The posting covers the CVICU and the intermediate care unit, which are the sickest cardiac patients.
What is different about caring for a patient who has just had open heart surgery?
What they are checking: A CVICU's core population, and a tech is at that bedside constantly.
How do you move or reposition a patient who is attached to a lot of lines and drains?
What they are checking: The daily practical risk in a cardiac ICU.
What would you tell the nurse about immediately in a critical patient?
What they are checking: The posting names reporting abnormal findings or changes, and in a CVICU the window is short.
Walk me through taking vital signs on a patient whose numbers keep changing.
What they are checking: The posting names monitoring vital signs, and in critical care a trend matters more than a number.
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