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Patient Care Technician Float CDH Resource Team Full-time Nights

Northwestern Medicine · Winfield, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about float or resource team work.

What they are checking: The posting is the CDH resource team, covering units across the hospital.

Full time nights on the CDH resource team at Winfield. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: The posting states the shift, the team and the site.

What would you do

How do you get oriented on a unit you have never worked, at the start of a night shift?

What they are checking: The defining task of float work and it happens under time pressure.

Supplies and equipment are in different places on every unit. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: The practical hazard of floating, and overnight there is nobody to ask.

How do you build trust with a nursing team in one shift?

What they are checking: A float has to be trusted immediately without the history that builds trust.

You are asked to do something you have not been oriented to on that unit. What do you do?

What they are checking: The most important boundary in float work and holding it takes nerve.

What is thinner overnight, and how do you work around it?

What they are checking: The posting is full time nights, with fewer staff and fewer services available.

How do you keep several patients' needs in order when they all want you?

What they are checking: The posting names prioritizing and completing unit work quickly as needs change.

About the work

Walk me through taking vital signs and a blood glucose measurement.

What they are checking: The posting names both among the delegated nursing care activities.

What would make you tell the nurse about a patient right away?

What they are checking: The posting names reporting abnormal findings or changes in condition.

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The full job description

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The Patient Care Tech Float 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 #NMWEST 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 • Nursing students who have completed one clinical rotation, or Certified Nursing Assistant, or Certified Medical Assistant, or Emergency Medical Technician • CPR – Basic Life Support 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. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): 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 at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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