Patient Care Assistant II

Community Health at Home; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Northwest Houston is seeking a compassionate patient care assistant dedicated to delivering high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include conducting patient rounds, assisting with hygiene needs, and supporting nursing staff. Applicants should be observant, eager to learn, and possess a high school diploma along with a year of experience in patient care.

Qualifications

• 1 year previous patient care experience required.
• Acute care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hourly rounds on approximately eight patients.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs and ambulating.
• Help bedside nurse with tube insertions and dressing changes.

Skills

Patient care experience

Observation

Diligence

Eagerness to learn

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

AHA BLS

Job description

Responsibilities

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. You know we’re all continuously trying to become better care providers, and you’re eager to learn.

• Check-in with the outgoing patient care assistant at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.
• Conduct hourly rounds on approximately eight patients, checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.
• Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients.
• Help the bedside nurse with tube insertions such as an NG tube, rectal tube, or catheter. You may be holding a cup of water, holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies as needed, and cleaning up after.
• Help the bedside nurse with any wound checks or dressing changes. This may mean holding the patient or supplies and cleaning up after.
• Change bed linens, check patients’ weight, other tasks as assigned each day.

Qualifications

Required:

• High school diploma/GED
• 1 year previous patient care experience
• AHA BLS

Preferred:

• Acute care experience

Overview

St. Luke's Health–The Vintage Hospital provides high-quality, compassionate care for residents of the Willowbrook, Champions, and Tomball areas of Northwest Houston. With the resources of the St. Luke’s Health system, we are able to deliver the most advanced care available to our Northwest Houston community. The Vintage Hospital offers the latest in diagnostic and surgical expertise, including heart care, women’s health, and orthopedics.