Patient Care Assistant II

CommonSpirit Health; Navasota (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital in Navasota, Texas is seeking a Patient Care Assistant to support patients with basic daily living activities and assist nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and room preparation.

You will help with personal hygiene, mobility, feeding, and routine tasks while observing patient conditions and accepting coaching to ensure safety and comfort. This entry-level role emphasizes compassion and diligence.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required at hire.
• Graduate from accredited nursing program or 1 year direct patient care experience.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff.
• Monitors and records vital signs.
• Assists with personal hygiene and physical care needs.
• Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output.
• Obtains and records daily weight.
• Performs blood glucose testing using a glucose meter.

Education

High School Graduate General Studies

High School GED General Studies

Graduated from an accredited school of nursing or 1 year direct patient care experience

Basic Life Support - CPR

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 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. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital is a 25- bed critical access hospital in Navasota, Texas offering a Level IV Trauma Center, in-patient and out-patient services, physical therapy, emergency care, occupational therapy, skilled nursing care, injury treatment and more.

The ED includes a triage room, 5 patient rooms and a central nurses' station. The ED maintains a specific designation for Stroke and Trauma care and is equipped with 24-hour emergency services, laboratory, and CT scans.