Entry-Level Patient Care Associate: Paid Training Benefits

Norton Healthcare; Jeffersonville (IN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

Employee Referral Incentive

Employee Assistance Program

Comprehensive Benefits

Job summary

Norton Healthcare in Indiana is hiring a Patient Care Associate (PCA)/Unit Coordinator/Monitor Tech for the float team on the 7p-7a shift. No experience or certification is required as we provide paid, comprehensive training to help you start a healthcare career.

As a PCA you will support licensed staff, monitor patients, assist with hygiene and mobility, take vital signs and glucose checks, and help maintain a safe, clean environment.

Qualifications

• No experience required. We provide a paid, comprehensive in-classroom and on the job training program.
• No certifications required. We provide a paid, comprehensive in-classroom and on the job training program.
• Career Pathway questions? There are many healthcare career pathways and we can provide tuition assistance up to $45,000 when pursuing clinical degrees in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, monitors, interprets, and documents rhythm strips and/or performs video monitoring of patients as assigned.
• Assisting patients with activities designed to maintain personal hygiene such as bathing, grooming, and skin care.
• Assisting patients with ambulation, transfers, and turns.
• Ensuring a clean and orderly patient environment to promote safety and infection prevention.
• Notifying clinical staff of any changes in a patient's condition or safety concerns.
• Applying infection control concepts and techniques.
• Monitoring, recording, and effectively communicating the patient's condition, activities, behaviors, and safety concerns utilizing computerized documentation systems and other means as appropriate.
• Taking vital signs and performing phlebotomy (blood draws) and glucose checks.

Skills

No experience required

No certifications required

Education

In-classroom and on-the-job training

Job description

Norton Healthcare in Indiana is hiring a Patient Care Associate (PCA)/Unit Coordinator/Monitor Tech for the float team on the 7p-7a shift. No experience or certification is required as we provide paid, comprehensive training to help you start a healthcare career.

As a PCA you will support licensed staff, monitor patients, assist with hygiene and mobility, take vital signs and glucose checks, and help maintain a safe, clean environment.