Patient Care Assistant Cardiac ICU Step Down

Saint Joseph Hospital - Lexington; Lexington (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph Hospital - Lexington is looking for a Patient Care Assistant to help patients feel safe and comfortable by assisting with daily living activities. You will support nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and room preparation, while proactively managing patient comfort and cleanliness.

The role emphasizes direct patient care, timely vital signs documentation, and accurate recording of intake/output. CPR may be required upon hire, and a High School Diploma or GED is required.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care experience preferred.
• CPR/First Aid certification upon hire.
• Ability to assist with activities of daily living.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care as delegated by RN staff.
• Monitor and record vital signs.
• Assist with personal hygiene and physical care needs.
• Accurately measure, record, and report intake and output.
• Obtain and record daily weight.
• Perform blood glucose testing using a blood glucose meter.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs monitoring

Hygiene assistance

Mobility support

Feeding assistance

CPR

Education

High School Diploma or GED or SRNA

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.

• Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff.
• Monitors and records vital signs.
• Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs.
• Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output.
• Obtains and records daily weight.
• Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma, GED or SRNA
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.