Patient Care Assistant 7 North Medical Surgical / Neuro Nights Flex 11p-7a

Temple Health • Philadelphia, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Assistant provides direct and indirect patient care under the guidance and direction of a Registered Nurse. The role implements components of the plan of care based on patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. Care includes providing comfort, safety, and emergency measures and assisting with activities of daily living, personal care, nutrition, and elimination needs. The position also measures vital signs, performs ECGs, and performs capillary blood glucose testing. The assistant observes and reports equipment functioning, treatment results, dressing condition, and changes in patient condition. The role incorporates the hospital’s Customer Service Program—including confidentiality, responsiveness, and caring—into patient care activities, adheres to departmental policies and procedures, and is accountable to the Nurse Manager or designee for all activities. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, on a flexible night schedule from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., with every-other-weekend and holiday work as required at Temple University Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect patient care under the guidance and direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Implement components of the plan of care based on patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
• Provide comfort, safety, and emergency measures.
• Assist with activities of daily living, including personal care, nutritional needs, and elimination needs.
• Measure vital signs, perform ECGs, and perform capillary blood glucose testing.
• Observe and report equipment functioning, treatment results, condition of dressings, and changes in patient condition.
• Incorporate confidentiality, responsiveness, and caring into patient care activities in accordance with the hospital’s Customer Service Program.
• Adhere to departmental policies and procedures.
• Remain accountable to the Nurse Manager or designee for all activities.

What This Job Offers

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