Critical Care Technician
Omaha, NEFull-time$16.42–23.19/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Critical Care Technician supports patients, Registered Nurses, and the healthcare team in a fast-paced Emergency Department. The role combines direct patient care, vital monitoring, and administrative duties in a high-acuity setting. The technician works under RN direction and helps maintain patient comfort, monitor alerts, clerical workflow, and unit readiness.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
We seek a highly motivated Critical Care Technician (CCT) to join our fast-paced Emergency Department. This essential full-time role supports patients, Registered Nurses, and the healthcare team by combining direct patient care with vital monitoring and administrative duties. The CCT ensures efficient workflow and contributes to exceptional patient outcomes in a high-acuity setting.
Key Responsibilities:
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Direct Patient Care: Perform and assist with ADLs, basic nursing care (e.g., vital signs, specimen collection), patient transport, and comfort measures under RN direction. Promptly respond to call lights and patient requests.
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Critical Monitoring: Meticulously operate the central monitoring station, including admitting/discharging patients, assigning arrhythmia monitoring, adjusting alarm limits (RN directed), validating alarms, and printing/posting recordings. Proactively troubleshoot monitor issues and escalate critical alerts to nursing staff.
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Administrative & Clerical Support: Accurately transcribe and enter physician orders, schedule appointments/tests, and manage medication deliveries. Provide comprehensive clerical support using various communication systems (phone, paging, computer, fax) and maintain organized patient charts.
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Unit Readiness: Clean and maintain specialized equipment and restock designated supply areas to ensure operational readiness
Job Requirements
Required:
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Minimum 16 years of age (state requirement).
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Current and valid Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
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Active on the Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry.
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Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association upon hire
Skills: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, high attention to detail, strong analytical and multitasking abilities, adaptability, and resilience in a fast-paced, critical environment.
Where You'll Work
CHI Health Lakeside is West Omaha's only full-service hospital. We believe that patient-focused care heals the body, mind, and spirit of every person. Our campus is designed for patients and sets the tone for a comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world, we provide a full range of services including: maternity, cancer and surgery care as well as diagnostics and emergency services.
Pay Range
$16.42 - $23.19 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 804 open Patient Care Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16.42–23.19/hr
- US median$18–26/hr320 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $19.81/hr, is 7% below the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Patient Care Technician hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 804 open Patient Care Technician jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- DaVita124 open
- Trinity Health86 open
- AdventHealth52 open
- Experience
- Patient Care Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (173 postings).
- Education
- 2 of the 804 open Patient Care Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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