Compassionate Patient Care Assistant - Evening Shift

The General Hospital Corporation; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking a patient care assistant to support licensed personnel in daily living activities for patients at 45 Francis Street, Boston. The role involves assisting with bathing, dressing, feeding, and basic hygiene, while monitoring vital signs and reporting concerns to nurses.

You will document care, participate in positioning and mobility tasks, and help maintain accurate medical records using EMR systems.

Qualifications

• Frontline care experience in patient care/elder care preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds.
• Proficient with electronic medical records.

Responsibilities

• Performs vital signs, weights/heights, intakes, and outputs with accuracy and within established time frame and/or as requested.
• Completes all documentation in the medical record as required.
• Interacts with patients and their families effectively.
• Helps patients with a number of basic hygiene tasks. This may include bathing and dressing patients, helping them use the toilet if needed, and feeding them.
• Assist with helping patients turn and reposition themselves in bed as needed and help them move between the bed and a wheelchair if they use one.
• Listens to any health concerns patients may have and report those concerns to the nurses.

Skills

Vital signs

Documentation in EMR

Patient interaction

Lifting requirement

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

EMR software

Job description

Mass General Brigham is seeking a patient care assistant to support licensed personnel in daily living activities for patients at 45 Francis Street, Boston. The role involves assisting with bathing, dressing, feeding, and basic hygiene, while monitoring vital signs and reporting concerns to nurses.

You will document care, participate in positioning and mobility tasks, and help maintain accurate medical records using EMR systems.