Patient Care Assistant Med Surg

Saint Joseph Medical Center - East Lexington; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph East is seeking a Patient Care Assistant to support patients with daily living activities, monitor vital signs, and assist nursing staff. The role emphasizes compassionate care, timely reporting of changes in patient status, and collaboration with the healthcare team.

Responsibilities include assisting with hygiene, mobility, feeding, and routine room preparation while helping with admissions, transfers, and discharge processes.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care experience preferred.
• CPR - Basic Life Support required within 14 days of hire.
• Excellent observation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff.
• Monitors and records vital signs.
• Assists with personal hygiene and mobility.
• Assists in admission, transfer and discharge processes.
• Obtains and records intake and output, daily weight.
• Performs light housekeeping tasks and transports patients as needed.

Skills

Vital signs

Patient care

Mobility assistance

Education

High School Diploma / GED / SRNA

Job description

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well‑being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non‑profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

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 Reports changes in patient's status promptly to RN
• Performs as patient care companion when needed Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
• Performs unit housekeeping needs Acts as a runner/transporter

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Diploma, GED or SRNA
• 1-3 years One (1) year direct patient care experience
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days