Patient Care Technician-Delnor Orthopedic Oncology Med Surg Unit Full Time Nights
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
Two twelve hour night shifts a week, seven to half past seven, Friday and Saturday nights every other weekend. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with a schedule the posting states precisely.
Tell me about noticing a change in a patient the nurse had not seen.
What they are checking: Whether they watch patients, since techs spend the most time with them.
What keeps you going on a quiet stretch of a night shift?
What they are checking: Whether they have thought about the hardest practical part of nights.
What would you do
This unit is orthopedic and oncology together. What does each group need from a tech?
What they are checking: Whether they see two very different populations sharing a floor.
You take a set of vital signs that are clearly abnormal. What do you do?
What they are checking: The posting names reporting abnormal findings, and it is the most important thing a tech does.
How do you decide what to do first when your nurse and two patients all need you?
What they are checking: The posting names prioritization and working under stress directly.
How do you help a patient in pain who is waiting for their nurse?
What they are checking: What they can do in the gap, which is where a good tech is made.
The posting calls this role a liaison between the unit and other departments. What does that look like at night?
What they are checking: A named duty that is harder overnight when fewer departments are staffed.
About the work
How do you help an orthopedic patient move for the first time after surgery?
What they are checking: Safe mobility and positioning, which is most of the physical work on this unit.
What precautions do you take with a patient whose immune system is suppressed?
What they are checking: Infection control for the oncology half of the unit.
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