Patient Care Assistant II

CHI; Livingston (TX); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare savings

Job summary

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Livingston is hiring a Patient Care Assistant to support patients with daily living activities, monitors vitals, and assists nursing staff. You’ll help with hygiene, mobility, feeding, and preparing patient rooms in a hospital setting.

The role emphasizes compassionate care, attentiveness to patient conditions, and willingness to learn, with CPR training required within two weeks of hire.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire.
• High School GED General Studies, upon hire.
• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing or 1 year direct patient care experience, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 days.

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.

Education

High School Graduate General Studies

High School GED General Studies

Graduated from an accredited school of nursing

1 year direct patient care experience

Basic Life Support - CPR

Job description

As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.

Job Summary And Responsibilities

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

• High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies, upon hire and
• graduated from an accredited school of nursing or 1 year direct patient care experience , upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Livingston is a 66-bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. This facility delivers more than 60,000 patient services annually—half through its Level IV trauma-designated emergency department. Patients have access to a wide range of services including orthopedic care, women’s health and a state-of-the-art sleep center. Advanced imaging services include MRI, CT, 3D mammography, 4D ultrasound, cardiac echo and more—all close to home.

Pay Range

$16.06 - $22.69 /hour