PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT

Covenant Health; Udaipur District; On-site; INR 3,036,000 - 3,985,000; Full time

Job summary

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is seeking a dedicated Patient Care Assistant for oncology, working full time on a night shift with a 72-hour pay period. The role involves hands-on nursing assistant tasks under RN supervision, with a focus on ADLs, vital signs, and patient safety.

The ideal candidate will be CPR certified and capable of working in a fast-paced hospital setting, delivering compassionate care and maintaining infection control standards.

Qualifications

• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight and intake/output.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, deep breathe and use incentive spirometry.
• Ambulate and assist patients in and out of bed, to wheelchairs and during transport.
• Assist with nutritional needs including meal trays, feeding and hydrating.
• Provide morning/evening care: bed bath, oral hygiene, hair, dressing, bedding and room upkeep.
• Handle patient drains, bags and specimen collection as ordered.
• Maintain a safe environment and report equipment issues.
• Perform general patient care tasks including positioning and use of assistive devices.
• Assist with ostomy care, suction setup and oxygen administration.
• Respond promptly to patient calls and assist RN with changes in condition.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

ADL assistance

Infection control

CPR training

EKG training

Phlebotomy training

Job description

Overview

Patient Care Assistant, Oncology

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 444-bed hospital recognized for pairing clinical expertise with advanced medical technology to deliver exceptional care. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, we provide leading-edge treatment for stroke recovery. Our facility also offers specialized services in bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, minimally invasive spine procedures, and advanced orthopedic care.

Fort Sanders Regional is part of Covenant Health, East Tennessee's largest nonprofit health system and a Becker's " Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare . " Covenant Health includes nine hospitals and nearly 150 service locations, offering employees a comprehensive benefits package with tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification bonuses, and leadership development programs.

Position Summary

Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADL's and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. May also function as a sitter for patients in need of full-time supervision in the hospital.

Responsibilities

• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care.
• Ambulate, and assist patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary.
• Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling and passing out water pitchers,
• Provides morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.
• Assists in maintaining a safe environment, which may include reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.
• Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
• Empty & clean ostomy bag, per procedure.
• Collect urine, stool and sputum specimen as ordered.
• Perform tasks such as ROM, assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.
• Perform phlebotomy (requires additional training). To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.
• Perform EKG (requires special training).
• Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients' condition to RN.
• Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
• Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
• Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
• Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement.
• Checks for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside
• Ambulate patients with oxygen.
• Set up suction equipment and check for proper function.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Demonstrates ability to perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Must be trained and willing to function in a Sitter capacity for patients who need full-time supervision in the hospital.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED.

Minimum Experience

None

Licensure Requirement

CPR required