Patient Care Assistant I

St Joseph Health; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph Health in Bryan, TX is seeking a Patient Care Assistant to support patients with daily activities and comfort. You will assist with hygiene, mobility, feeding, and help nursing staff monitor vitals and prepare patient rooms.

The role emphasizes compassion, reliability, and willingness to be coached. Requirements include high school diploma or GED; CPR/BLS within 14 days; prior experience preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required at hire.
• CPR/BLS within 14 days of hire.
• Prior experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Hygiene assistance

Mobility support

Feeding

Blood glucose testing

Education

High School Diploma or 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.

• 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 Graduate, upon hire or
• High School GED, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Preferred

• Prior Experience, upon hire

Where You'll Work

St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley since 1936 (Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville (TX)). St. Joseph has a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley.

St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring Primary Care, Express Clinics and Imaging and Diagnostic Services.