Compassionate Patient Care Technician - Patient Support

Nuvance Health; Town of Rhinebeck (NY); On-site; USD 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, NY seeks a Nurse Assistant to perform and deliver patient care activities and related non-professional services for assigned hospital patients as directed by registered professional nurses or licensed practical nurses.

Responsibilities include assisting with bathing, toileting, feeding, ambulating; responding to call lights; maintaining infection control; and transporting patients as needed.

Qualifications

• Education: High School graduate or equivalency.
• License: BLS within 30 days of hire.
• Experience: Nursing home or acute care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides daily physical and emotional care to patients; i.e. bathing, toileting, feeding, ambulating, etc.
• Answers call lights in timely fashion
• Assists licensed personnel as directed.
• Accuracy in obtaining vitals (vs., ht, wt, i/o) and other procedures as per competency.
• Maintains a safe and clean environment, infection control.
• Recognizes when to seek help from licensed personnel.
• Transports patients as needed.
• Provides input to the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Acts as a preceptor to new Nurse Assistants and orientee Nurse Assistants.
• Demonstrates use of proper body mechanics.
• Communicates problems to manager as appropriate.
• Follows all time and attendance policies.
• Attends educational programs related to job responsibilities.

Skills

Patient care

Infection control

Communication skills

Education

High School graduate or equivalency

Job description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary of Job Purpose:

• To perform and deliver patient care activities and related non-professional services for assigned hospital patients as directed by registered professional nurses or licensed practical nurses. Population served based on scope of services in the department.

Job Qualifications:

• Education: High School graduate or equivalency
• License: BLS within 30 days of hire.
• Experience: Nursing home or acute care experience preferred

Responsibilities:

• Provides daily physical and emotional care to patients; i.e. bathing, toileting, feeding, ambulating, etc.
• Answers call lights in timely fashion
• Assists licensed personnel as directed.
• Accuracy in obtaining vs., ht, wt, i/o, and other procedures as per competency.
• Maintains a safe and clean environment, utilizing appropriate infection control techniques. (patient room, utility room, unit)
• Recognizes when to seek help from licensed personnel, i.e., .changes in patient condition
• Transports patients as needed.
• Provides input to the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Acts as a preceptor to all new Nurse Assistants and orientee Nurse Assistants.
• Demonstrates use of appropriate body mechanics.
• Displays analytical and basic problem solving skills. Communicates problems to manager as appropriate.
• Follows all time and attendance policies.
• Attends educational programs provided by the Hospital or those which are outside the Hospital that are related to job responsibilities.

Working Conditions

• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
• Occupational: Significant occupational risk
• Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
• Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
• Company: Northern Dutchess Hospital
• Org Unit: 1195
• Department: General Medicine 1
• Exempt: No
• Salary Range: $19.63 - $25.50 Hourly