Maryville PCA / Unit Secretary

Mosaic Life Care•Maryville, MO

About The Position

This is a combined Patient Care Associate (PCA) and Unit Secretary role working under the supervision of a nursing Director, registered nurse, or physician. The position administers quality patient care according to established standards and may require work in other areas based on staff skills and patient acuity. The role provides service to patients and customers, supports patient information management, serves as the nursing unit receptionist, and performs clerical duties that support patient care decision-making. The role requires a high school diploma and one of several specified PCA education or training pathways. In lieu of those pathways, documented experience as a nurse assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician within the past five years is required. One year of experience as a nurse assistant in an inpatient setting is preferred. Basic Life Support, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, and other organization-required training must be completed within 90 days. Travel between system facilities and off-site locations may be required. Mosaic Life Care is a health care system in northwest Missouri focused on transforming community health and providing holistic, high-value, quality care. The organization describes benefits and employee perks including concierge services, an employee lounge, wellness programs, free covered parking, and free on-site and virtual health clinics.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Meet one of the listed PCA education requirements: completion of a UAP training program within the past three years; a fundamentals of nursing course; a certified nursing assistant program with CNA certification; graduation from a professional or practical nursing program without passing the state licensure examination within the past three years; or graduation from a professional or practical nursing program outside the United States while awaiting licensure in the United States.
Alternatively, documented experience within the past five years as a nurse assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician may be used in lieu of the listed PCA education pathways.
Basic Life Support (BLS), required within 90 days.
CPI: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, required within 90 days.
Any other training required by the organization, within 90 days.
Ability to travel between system facilities and off-site locations as needed.
Fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, ability to walk and speak clearly, ability to hear and answer the phone, and data-entry ability.
Ability to build rapport with patient families, visitors, peers, physicians, and other departments and divisions; communicate professionally and maintain a friendly, positive attitude.
Ability to move, kneel, crouch, stoop, reach, stand, push, pull, and lift; turn an average-weight bedridden adult patient occasionally; and ambulate patients who need assistance while using good body mechanics.
Ability to collect and evaluate information about patients' conditions and the effects of care, visually inspect patients, communicate with patients to assess condition, problem-solve, manipulate numbers, adapt, interpret data, calculate, comprehend, explain, assess, and evaluate.
Ability to use visual, hearing, and tactile senses and smell in performing the role.
Ability to work with exposure to needles, cuts, back injury risks, chemotherapy, blood and body fluids, physical injury from combative patients, radiation, and infection or disease exposure from patients, visitors, and co-workers.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience as a nurse assistant in an inpatient setting.

Responsibilities

Create paper charts for new patients and review patient charts for accuracy and completeness.
Receive and relay information among nursing staff, physicians, patients, family members, and visitors as a communication liaison.
Copy, print, scan, and fax documents as needed.
Order miscellaneous supplies for assigned units.
Bathe, dress, and undress patients; perform assigned simple dressing changes, non-diabetic nail care, skin care, hair care, and daily bed linen changes as needed.
Pass dietary snacks between meals; serve and collect food trays; and feed patients who need assistance.
Assist with transporting patients.
Lift, turn, and reposition patients alone or with assistance.
Clean equipment.
Document care.
Perform other duties as assigned.