MULTI-CARE TECH - NSU

East Alabama Health; Opelika (AL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

East Alabama Medical Center in Alabama is seeking a compassionate caregiver to provide safe therapeutic care as part of a nursing support team. You will work with nurses and other staff to assist with daily patient needs and family education throughout the care continuum.

Responsibilities include glucose readings, mealtime assistance, bathing, hygiene, mobility, and basic wound care, with on-the-job training provided and BLS required within 90 days of hire.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or 10 years of relevant experience.
• EAH will provide on the job training: medical terminology class, phlebotomy clinical, BLS class, and 1-on-1 training with an MCT.
• BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire date.

Responsibilities

• Obtaining Blood Glucose readings
• Helping patient with mealtime feedings
• Bathing
• Patient restroom assistance and cleaning
• Ambulation of the patient
• Grooming
• Lifting, turning, and repositioning of patients in beds and chairs
• Blood draws for patient labs
• Collaborating with nurses, MDs, and other patient care specialties
• Emptying and obtaining wound or surgical drain output
• Wound or surgical incision site dressing changes

Skills

Patient care

Team collaboration

Blood glucose monitoring

Education

High School Diploma

10 years of relevant experience

Tools

BLS certification

Job description

At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control.

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Utilizes standards, guidelines, protocols, or pathways for care delivery. Incorporates data and information to continuously improve care and practice to enhance outcomes. Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development. Will provide care as a team with the nurses such as but not limited to:

• Obtaining Blood Glucose readings
• Helping patient with mealtime feedings
• Bathing
• Patient restroom assistance and cleaning
• Ambulation of the patient
• Grooming
• Lifting, turning, and repositioning of patients in beds and chairs
• Blood draws for patient labs
• Collaborating with nurses, MDs, and other patient care specialties
• Emptying and obtaining wound or surgical drain output
• Wound or surgical incision site dressing changes

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or 10 years of relevant experience
• No prior experience is required.
• EAH will provide on the job training: medical terminology class, phlebotomy clinical, BLS class, and 1-on-1 training with an MCT in your department.

Required Registration/License/Certification

• BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire date. EAH will provide.

Preferred Education

• N/A

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience in a healthcare setting