Associate Patient Care | Med Surg 7th Floor | Nights | Full time

UF Health; St. Augustine South (FL); In loco; USD 25.000 - 34.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

UF Health in St. Augustine, FL seeks a Patient Care Assistant to provide direct patient care and supportive services while supervised by a Registered Nurse. The PCA helps ensure safe, patient-centered care and maintains an orderly environment, promoting patient and family satisfaction.

Minimum education is a High School Diploma or GED. BLS certification is required, with Crisis Prevention Institute training within 90 days for psychiatric units. Experience is less than one year.

Competenze

• Requires teamwork and professional communication with healthcare team.
• Able to learn and apply hospital computer technologies and procedures that affect patient care delivery.
• Knowledge of basic medical terminology; ability to read/write in English.

Mansioni

• Provides direct patient care and supportive services under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Maintains a clean, orderly environment and demonstrates service excellence behaviors to promote patient and family satisfaction.

Conoscenze

Teamwork

Professional communication

Learn hospital IT systems

Medical terminology

English literacy

Formazione

High School Diploma or GED

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Full time 36 hours/week | 7:00pm - 7:00am

The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) provides direct patient care and supportive services under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). The PCA assists in delivering safe, effective, patient-centered care while ensuring a clean, orderly environment and demonstrating service excellence behaviors to promote patient and family satisfaction.

Qualifications

Age of Patients Served: All Age Groups

Required Education: High School Diploma or GED

Necessary Skills:

1. Demonstrates teamwork and communicates in a professional manner with all of the healthcare team.

2. Demonstrates the ability to learn and apply all hospital computer technologies and procedures that affect patient care delivery.

3. Knowledge of basic medical terminology and standard precautions, ability to read/write in English, etc.

Required Licensure/Certifications:

-Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

-Crisis Prevention Institute training within 90 days of hire or transfer and then annually is required for the Psychiatric unit only.

Preferred Licensure/Certifications: N/A

Required Experience: Less than one year

Preferred Experience: N/A