Patient Care Assistant - Neuro Cardiac IMCU PRN Nights

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare • Tallahassee, FL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community. TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only:
Level II Trauma Center
Primary Stroke Center
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
Pediatric Intensive Care
The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.
Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.
Your Role:
Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Assistant performs a variety of routine duties involving:
Care of medically ill acute or sub-acute patients.
Performs direct patient care.
Observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients.
Provides a clean and safe environment.
NOTE: Orientation requires your availability to complete Clinical Orientation on your first full week (Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm).

Requirements

• None
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• NOTE: BLS certification is required prior to performing patient care.
• Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) may provide the opportunity for BLS certification training on-site as part of clinical orientation (as needed).
• NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.

Nice To Haves

• One (1) year of job-related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, oral and denture care, skin and nail care, bed making, and maintaining a clean environment.).
• Promoting and maintaining mobility (ambulating, transferring, transporting, turning, positioning, lifting, and performing range of motion exercises).
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
• Assisting with toileting and elimination (assisting with the use of bedpan/urinal/bedside commode, providing catheter care, and care of the incontinent patient).
• Performs data gathering and recognizes abnormal findings (measures and records vital signs, weight, oral intake, output including urine, emesis, and stool).

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees