Patient Care Assistant II

Community Health at Home; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health at Home is seeking a compassionate patient care assistant to provide vital support and care to patients. You will be responsible for daily rounds, hygiene assistance, and collaboration with nursing staff to ensure the wellbeing of patients. Ideal candidates will have some patient care experience, a high school diploma, and a desire to improve their skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year previous patient care experience is required.
• AHA BLS certification is required.
• Acute care experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hourly rounds on approximately eight patients, checking vitals.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs and ambulating as necessary.
• Help bedside nurse with tube insertions and wound checks.

Skills

Patient observation

Diligence

Eagerness to learn

Education

High school diploma/GED

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–Sugar Land Hospital offers the latest technology and treatments for residents of Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston. Our services range from heart care and neuroscience to robotic surgery. Our recently opened Family Birthing Center offers incomparable care and amenities in a spa-like environment to provide a VIP—Very Important Pregnancy—experience. Since 2008, our experienced doctors, nurses, and support staff have provided expert care to support our community.