Patient Care Assistant - Med Surg

St. Elizabeth Healthcare • Lawrenceburg, IN

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About The Position

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Patient Care Assistant for our Med Surg Unit located within the Dearborn Hospital. Starting your PCA career at St. Elizabeth means you'll enjoy the culture, compensation, and benefits you want, while receiving the support you need to advance your career. You'll get on-the-job training, paid time for classroom and clinical orientation, and individualized clinical orientation with a preceptor based upon experience.

Requirements

• High school Diploma / GED.
• Ability to perform such tasks as vital signs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of body mechanics.
• General computer skills and applications.
• Customer service experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction of an RN or LPN.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides for personal care, comfort and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment for an assigned group of patients.
• Utilizes customer service skills when addressing patients/visitors, physicians, co-workers face to face and on the telephone.
• Organizes and performs clerical duties in epic related to worklist tasks, admission, discharges, transfers and death of a patient.
• Completes worklist tasks triggered by physician orders or nurse generated tasks.
• Updates and maintains patient records as defined by organizational and unit policy.
• Performs activities designed to support unit as directed such as ensuring compliance with environmental standards.
• Assists in maintaining adequate amount of supplies on nursing unit.
• Functions as information source for medical and nursing staff, patients, and visitors.
• Relays written and verbal communication and is responsible for reporting pertinent patient/family observations to the professional staff.
• Responsible for positioning patients, lifting and turning, applying/utilizing special equipment, assisting with bowel and bladder functions and ambulating patients.
• Prepares and assists patients with meals, feeds patients, removes dietary trays and records accurate intake and output.
• Documents amount and percent of meals and fluids according to Intake and Output and Calorie Count procedures.
• Demonstrates ability to follow directions, both oral and written and work cooperatively with other staff members.
• Attends and seeks out education programs, as assigned, to maintain and learn new treatments, procedures, clinical skills.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED