PCA - PSHGC

PIONEER HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT•Pontiac, MI

2d•$0 - $18

About The Position

Individuals perform a variety of delegated tasks under the supervision of the registered nurse (RN) in a complementary and assistive role, functioning in a combination of two or more positions: Patient Care Assistant, Unit Clerk, and Cardiac Monitor Tech. The role assists nursing staff in providing patient care according to the individual’s training, competence, and skill, and helps maintain a clean, well-organized, adequately stocked, and safe patient environment. The position combines direct patient-care support, nursing-unit clerical and coordination duties, and cardiac-monitor observation and documentation. Employees help patients with personal care, mobility, feeding, measurements, and other delegated needs; communicate changes in condition to nursing staff; coordinate unit activities and records; and support patients, visitors, and the healthcare team. The work involves regular sitting, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, writing, and carrying items such as charts, food, and trays. Employees may occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and must be able to assist adults weighing 100–200 pounds. The role may involve moving patients, beds, chairs, and medical equipment and assisting with bathing and bed linens. The employee may occasionally encounter moving mechanical parts, electrical-shock risks, infectious diseases, and airborne disease; noise is usually moderate. A job offer is contingent on pre-employment drug-screen results and compliance with annual influenza vaccination and TB-test requirements, unless documentation of medical contraindications is provided. The employer is a drug-free workplace and employees are subject to random and for-cause drug screening.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
High school diploma or GED.
Competency Evaluated Nursing Assistant (CENA) certification.
Current BLS.
At least one year of experience directly related to the specified duties and responsibilities.
Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information; write clearly and cohesively; and present information effectively orally and in writing.
Good organizational skills and ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to meet the listed physical demands, including occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds and assisting adults weighing 100–200 pounds.
Compliance with annual influenza vaccination and TB-test requirements, unless documentation of medical contraindications is provided; job offer is contingent on pre-employment drug-screen results.

Responsibilities

Perform or assist with bathing, skin care, toileting, grooming, oral hygiene, dressing, and undressing.
Perform or assist with feeding patients.
Measure and record patient intake and output, weights, and vital signs, and report variations to the nurse.
Weigh patients using upright, chair, and bed scales.
Coordinate with nursing staff to ensure hourly rounds, including turning and positioning patients.
Use proper patient-transfer techniques and assist with ambulation of patients requiring minimal assistance under the direction of the Director of Rehab.
Demonstrate safe use of medical equipment, including canes, crutches, walkers, Hoyer lifts, side rails, braces, splints, and oxygen.
Keep patient rooms clean and supplied; make and change occupied and unoccupied beds.
Transport patients, supplies, and equipment as needed.
Assist nurses and other personnel as needed, including providing assistance to nursing personnel, medical staff, patients, and visitors.
Perform simple, non-sterile dressings; assess skin and notify the nurse of abnormalities; and apply heat or cold compresses as directed by a nurse.
Answer patient calls and take appropriate action in a timely manner.
Collect and label urine, stool, and sputum specimens.
Immediately report changes in a patient’s condition or incidents to the Charge Nurse and/or Director of Nursing.
Participate in staff huddles with other healthcare-team members as appropriate.
Maintain confidentiality regarding patients, healthcare staff, and documentation.
Meet annual in-service requirements and maintain and enhance skills through appropriate staff-development training.
Maintain a professional appearance in compliance with the approved dress code and a cooperative manner toward patients, families, and healthcare-team members.
Answer the unit telephone, take and relay messages, receive visitors, and direct them as appropriate.
Coordinate nursing-unit and interdepartmental communications.
Prepare and maintain patient information, records, and files; provide clerical support such as copying materials, obtaining medical records, ordering tests or procedures, and arranging transportation.
Order and manage supplies and equipment for the unit.
Prioritize daily work and make adjustments as needed.
Copy or scan information such as temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and weight into the medical record.
Arrange transfers of patients to other units; process resident admission and discharge forms; complete post-admission and discharge audits under departmental management direction; and complete census forms.
Distribute mail and newspapers and deliver items such as flowers to patients.
Assist with inventory of resident belongings at admission and discharge.
Know and promote the Patient’s Bill of Rights and Governing Principles.
Place dietary orders upon admission and on an ongoing basis.
Consistently display and model hospitality behaviors.
Monitor patients’ heart-rhythm patterns using telemetry equipment and observe the monitor screen and alarms for abnormal variations.
Inform a supervisor or nurse when abnormal rhythm variations require patient examination.
Record and post information in telemetry log records.
Perform wave testing for point of care.
Perform other related duties as assigned.