Patient Care Assistant - Neurology

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare • Tallahassee, FL

1d • 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. 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, and the most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle. The system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

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. The Patient Care Assistant performs direct patient care, observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients, and provides a clean and safe environment.

Requirements

• None
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• BLS certification is required prior to performing patient care.

Nice To Haves

• One (1) year of job-related experience preferred.
• Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.

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

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed