Compassionate Patient Care Assistant — Acute Care Support

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is seeking a Patient Care Assistant who will support licensed nurses in caring for medically ill patients, perform direct patient care, monitor changes in status, and maintain a clean, safe environment in a busy hospital unit.

Under the RN/Manager supervision, responsibilities include assisting with activities of daily living, promoting mobility, aiding nutrition and hydration, toileting support, and accurate data gathering of vitals and intake.

Qualifications

• BLS certification required prior to performing patient care.
• Minimum six (6) months experience noted for float pool assignments.
• One (1) year of job-related experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Care of medically ill acute or sub-acute patients.
• Performs direct patient care.
• Observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients.
• Provides a clean and safe environment.
• Assisting with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, oral and denture care, skin and nail care, bed making, and maintaining a clean environment).
• Promoting and maintaining mobility (ambulating, transferring, transporting, turning, positioning, lifting, and performing range of motion exercises).
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
• Assisting with toileting and elimination (bedpan/urinal/bedside commode, catheter care, and care of the incontinent patient).
• Performs data gathering and recognizes abnormal findings (measures and records vital signs, weight, oral intake, output including urine, emesis, and stool).

Job description

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is seeking a Patient Care Assistant who will support licensed nurses in caring for medically ill patients, perform direct patient care, monitor changes in status, and maintain a clean, safe environment in a busy hospital unit.

Under the RN/Manager supervision, responsibilities include assisting with activities of daily living, promoting mobility, aiding nutrition and hydration, toileting support, and accurate data gathering of vitals and intake.