Pending PCPatient Care Assistant-ABQ
About The Position
The Patient Care Assistant transports patients between clinical and non-clinical departments and nursing units for admissions, surgical and procedural services, inter-unit transfers, and discharges. The role also provides observation and companionship to appropriate hospitalized patients, assists with basic activities of daily living as directed, and supports nursing department operations by helping ensure transport-related supplies and equipment are available. The position follows departmental policies and procedures, maintains medical therapies and precautions during transport, communicates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and Presbyterian Care Connection, and supports patient flow through the bed tracking system. It involves transporting patients and equipment, monitoring patient safety, responding to call lights as needed, assisting with mobility and ambulation for transport, and performing related clerical and team duties. On-the-job training and competency verification are provided.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Less than one year of experience in a hospital setting and patient transport.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
- Ability to complete on-the-job training and competency verification for primary functions.
Responsibilities
- Maintain departmental policies, procedures, and expectations.
- Maintain established medical therapies and precautions during transport, including oxygen, IVs, restraints, catheters, and isolation precautions; promptly notify nursing staff if medical equipment alarms.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, healthcare team members, and Presbyterian Care Connection.
- Retrieve, store, and transport oxygen cylinders according to hospital policy.
- Follow assigned priorities for admissions, discharges, surgical and procedural services, and transfers, using the appropriate transport mode, including wheelchairs, stretchers/gurneys, beds, and bariatric beds.
- Assist with transfers between hospital units and to or from locations outside the facility.
- Use the bed tracking system to notify Presbyterian Care Connection of patient activity and coordinate patient flow.
- Gather monitors and other necessary transport equipment and deliver malfunctioning equipment to Maintenance for repair.
- Provide safety and security monitoring for assigned patients, alert nursing staff to changes in condition as directed, and respond to patient call lights as needed.
- Assist with patient mobility and ambulation for transport purposes.
- Adapt to organizational upgrades and facility changes.
- Maintain confidentiality of healthcare information.
- Deliver specimens between Laboratory, Pathology, and inpatient units; transport x-rays and equipment.
- Perform basic clerical duties, including answering phones, printing and handling transport paperwork, and taking messages.
- Participate in educational programs, in-service meetings, and departmental meetings as required.
- Function as an effective team member in a highly physical role.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
- Staff Safety wearable badge for discreetly calling for help.
- Eligible positions may receive differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and lead roles.
- Malpractice liability insurance.
- Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
- Access to the EPIC electronic charting system.
- Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
