Patient Care Assistant

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s University Health Network is seeking a dedicated Patient Care Assistant to provide front-line patient care, support licensed staff, and help maintain high standards of comfort and safety.

The role includes data collection, planning and execution of patient care per established plans. Responsibilities cover vital signs, intake/output, EKGs, glucometry, phlebotomy, specimen collection and accurate documentation, with emphasis on patient comfort, unit-based communication and continuous

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Health care specialty training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care and support as directed by licensed personnel.
• Perform vital signs, intake and output measurements, and basic monitoring.
• Assist with EKGs, glucometry, phlebotomy, and specimen collection.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Health care specialty training preferred

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

The Patient Care Assistant is responsible for providing patient care. The Patient Care Assistant participates in data collection, planning and implementation of patient care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Vital signs
• Intake and output measurements
• EKGs
• Glucometry
• Phlebotomy
• Specimen collection
• Documentation for all assigned responsibilities
• Follows treatment plan as directed by licensed personnel.
• Performs necessary functions to ensure patient comfort and satisfaction with service
• Performs patient mobilization using appropriate and proper body mechanics and assistive device
• Accepts responsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care
• Communicates changes in patients’ conditions and unit concerns with the unit based team
• Restocks unit supplies as needed
• Performs equipment checks and unit specific maintenance duties as appropriate to unit
• Takes active role in unit based performance improvement.
• Maintains awareness of unit budget
• Maintains responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs as well as timely completion of competencies
• Assists in orienting and educating new staff
• Must be able to float as needed per unit and hospital policy.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Sit up to 7 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
• Stand for up to 10 hours per day; 8 hours at a time.
• Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
• Consistently lift, carry and push objects up to 10 lbs.
• Occasionally lift, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs.
• Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via mechanical lifting equipment and/or other approved patient handling aids.
• Frequently stoop and bend.
• Frequently reach above should level.
• Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
• Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Health care specialty training preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Individualized orientation program for all areas.
• Obtain BLS certification within sixty (60) days of employment or transfer to position.
• Basic computer skills required.
• Attend St. Luke’s University Health Network APC and MT courses or evidence of previous training determined through competency testing.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row. Learn More Here.