Patient Care Assistant Jobs

Patient Care Assistant Department: Courtyard East – this unit at Chelsea hospital cares for Medical-Surgical patients as well as chronic head pain patient populations . Courtyard East is a 41 bed unit specializing in surgical post-operative care, telemetry, stroke, chronic pain management and patient education. The PCA, under the direction of a registered nurse, is responsible for direct patient care considering age specific, developmental, cultural and spiritual needs. They assist in establishing and maintaining a patient care environment that is clean, safe and conducive to patient/family wellbeing including concepts of relationship-based care. Training is provided to prepare our colleagues for success. The PCA assists patient in completing ADLs including: Bathing, showering, toileting, positioning, turning, transferring, ambulation using assistive devices and with feeding and menu selection. They are responsible to record patient information and required data in appropriate areas in order to meet documentation requirements.