Patient Care Assistant I

CHI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is seeking a Patient Care Assistant to support patients with daily living activities and assist nursing staff with vital sign monitoring. The role emphasizes compassionate patient care, safety, and attention to detail in recording measurements.

Responsibilities include assisting with hygiene, mobility, feeding, and preparing rooms, while monitoring vitals and documenting changes for RN staff guidance.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care skills as delegated by RN staff.
• Ability to monitor and record vital signs accurately.
• Assist with personal hygiene and physical care needs.
• Record intake and output accurately and consistently.
• Obtain and record daily patient weight.
• Perform blood glucose testing with glucose meter.

Responsibilities

• Provide 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.
• Perform blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter.

Skills

Vital signs monitoring

Direct patient care

Hygiene assistance

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.

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
• Perform blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter

Job Requirements

• 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

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.

Pay Range

$17.71 - $25.02 /hour