Medical Support Technician

1. Job Overview:

LifeScape is hiring a Medical Support Technician for a pediatric, inpatient location in Sioux Falls, SD, Minnehaha County, SD; South Dakota, United States. LifeScape is a mission-based, culture-focused organization that emphasizes inclusion, collaboration, learning, and respect. The organization states it is dedicated to innovation and professional development, helping team members gain new certifications and take their expertise to the next level. LifeScape describes itself as a regional leader providing best of class care, serving children with a wide range of diagnoses and treatment needs. LifeScape states that its culture is grounded by the mission of empowering people to live their best life.

Why Join Us:

• Collaborative, interdisciplinary team within a pediatric, inpatient location.
• Supportive and fun working environment.
• Opportunity to help children be the best that they can be.
• Be part of a community that is filled with people who care about others.
• As a regional leader provide best of class care and serve children with a wide range of diagnoses and treatment needs.
• Culture grounded by the mission of empowering people to live their best life.
• LifeScape fosters inclusion, collaboration, learning, and respect and is dedicated to innovation and professional development.
• New to direct care work? LifeScape provides all training needed for the role, including First Aid, individualized care plans, and training to assist in reducing maladaptive behavior.
• LifeScape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• LifeScape states its comprehensive benefit package includes health, dental and vision, 401(k) including match, and both sick and vacation time off.

Role purpose:

This full-time, 4-day-per-week Medical Support Technician role supports pediatric, inpatient care for children and their families. The position is oriented to direct care work, with training provided, and involves working as part of an interdisciplinary team to support children with varied needs and complex care.

2. Key Responsibilities:

• Work with children to help them fulfill their goals and dreams (as described in the posting: "Want to work with children to help them fulfill their goals and dreams ?").
• Be passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and their families (as described: "Passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and their families ?").
• Enjoy problem-solving and finding creative, innovative solutions to challenging situations (as described: "Enjoy problem-solving and finding creative, innovative solutions to challenging situations ?").
• Participate as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary pediatric inpatient team.
• Provide direct care; LifeScape states it will provide training needed for the role, including First Aid, individualized care plans, and assistance in reducing maladaptive behavior.
• Serve children with a wide range of diagnoses and treatment needs.
• Support the mission and values of LifeScape: empowering people to live their best life, and practicing integrity, compassion, respect, safety & wellbeing, fiscal responsibility, excellence, and accountability.
• Some positions may require driving accessible vehicles and a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record (the posting states: "Valid driver’s license with clean driving record for some positions may be necessary. Some positions may require training/testing to drive accessible vehicles. Not all areas require a driver’s license.").
• All positions require a clear background check and drug screen upon conditional offer.

3. Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalency is required.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record may be necessary for some positions (not required in all areas).
• Clear background check and drug screen required upon conditional offer.

4. Required Skills:

• Willingness to work in a pediatric, inpatient setting as part of an interdisciplinary team (explicitly described in the posting).
• Ability to participate in required background check and drug screening (explicitly stated requirement).
• Must meet age and education requirements: 18 years of age or older and high school diploma or GED (these are required qualifications stated in the posting).
• Ability to obtain or possess a valid driver's license with a clean driving record if applying for positions that require driving accessible vehicles (stated in the posting).

5. Preferred Qualifications:

• New to direct care work is acceptable; LifeScape provides all training needed for the role (First Aid, individualized care plans, assisting in reducing maladaptive behavior).
• Interest in professional development and obtaining new certifications (posting emphasizes professional development opportunities).

6. Experience Requirements:

• Not specified in the source posting.

7. Additional Job Information:

• Employment type: Full Time Positions Only (posting explicitly states "Full Time Positions Only with 4 day/Week").
• Work mode: On-site (position is described as a pediatric, inpatient location).
• Schedule examples provided by the employer include afternoon, evening, and rotating weekends with a sample 2-week rotating schedule and specified shift hours (example schedule includes 36-hour and 32-hour weeks across a 2-week rotation; weekends include a scheduled 30-minute lunch and dinner break).
• Notice period: Not specified in the source posting.
• Locations provided by employer: Sioux Falls, SD; Minnehaha County, SD; South Dakota, United States.
• Application instructions: The posting invites candidates to "apply for this job!" and is presented on the employer job posting; no additional application instructions or notice period are specified in the source.

Note: The job posting states that job postings are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job and that reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. LifeScape is an Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunity Employer and states employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.