Patient Care Assistant | Compassionate Community Care

LMHS brand; Newark (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Licking Memorial Health Systems (LMHS) is a leading, non-profit healthcare organization serving Licking County since 1898. The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) role supports health professionals in delivering compassionate care within LMHS’s comprehensive services, from emergency medicine to home health, across a range of specialties.

Under RN supervision, the PCA performs patient care activities and supports clinical procedures in the patient care area, contributing to patient safety and quality

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement: high school diploma or GED.
• Read, write, and follow verbal or written instructions.
• Maintain CPR certification.
• STNA, NA or MA licensure preferred.
• Obtain/maintain electronic medical record documentation skills.
• Work independently and professionally.
• Obtain/maintain 12 lead ECG testing proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lifts, transfers, transport patients safely to an inpatient bed and to and from ancillary departments.
• Collect, perform and document urine and glucometer tests and quality controls associated with it.
• Collect, label, and enter specimens obtained.
• Perform one-to-one monitoring on all restrained, suicidal, combative and other high-risk patients when requested by RN or physician.
• Obtain vitalsigns and weights.
• Enter work orders in computer.
• Stocks supplies at bedside.

Skills

CPR certification

Read and follow instructions

EMR documentation skills

ECG testing proficiency

Ability to work independently

Education

High school diploma or GED

STNA/NA/MA licensure preferred

Job description

Licking Memorial Health Systems (LMHS) is a leading, non-profit healthcare organization serving Licking County since 1898. The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) role supports health professionals in delivering compassionate care within LMHS’s comprehensive services, from emergency medicine to home health, across a range of specialties.

Under RN supervision, the PCA performs patient care activities and supports clinical procedures in the patient care area, contributing to patient safety and quality