Patient Care Assistant I 3E Cardiac Step Down Full Time Days
About The Position
As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities. Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms. Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You're diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well. Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff. Monitors and records vital signs. Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs. Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output. Obtains and records daily weight. Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter.
Requirements
- Required Education : High School Diploma, GED or SRNA
- Required Licensure and Certifications : BLS via the American Heart Association
- Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training : Healthcare experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff.
- Monitors and records vital signs.
- Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs.
- Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output.
- Obtains and records daily weight.
- Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
