Patient Advocate

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga is seeking a Patient Care Assistant to support patients with daily living activities, personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while assisting nurses with vital signs.

You will help prepare rooms, check in patients and families, and ensure comfort and safety. Strong observation and willingness to follow guidance are essential.

This role requires a high school diploma or GED and offers everyday opportunities to make a difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED is required.
• Assist with daily living activities and mobility.
• Support nursing staff with vitals and patient comfort.
• Maintain accurate patient records.

Responsibilities

• Checks patients and families in upon arrival.
• Orients patients, families and visitors to Surgery Waiting and Cardiac Short Stay waiting areas.
• Receives calls from procedural staff to escort patients and visitors to pre and post-op areas when requested.
• Receives calls from procedural staff regarding patient updates and communicates all information with patients designated visitors in the waiting area.
• Receives calls from physicians regarding post-op consultations.
• Records detailed documentation on patient and visitor information and all calls received with procedural updates.

Skills

Patient care

Vital sign monitoring

Documentation

Education

High School / GED

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.

Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms.

Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You're diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well.

• Checks patients and families in upon arrival.
• Orients patients, families and visitors to Surgery Waiting and Cardiac Short Stay waiting areas.
• Receives calls from procedural staff to escort patients and visitors to pre and post-op areas when requested.
• Receives calls from procedural staff regarding patient updates and communicates all information with patients designated visitors in the waiting area.
• Receives calls from physicians regarding post-op consultations.
• Records detailed documentation on patient and visitor information and all calls received with procedural updates.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate or GED, upon hire

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.