Patient Care Assistant- Recovery Room

St. Josephs Medical Center; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston, a historic downtown hospital with 137 years of service, seeks a Nurse's Aide (CNA) to support patient care under supervision. This full-time day shift role emphasizes compassion, safety, and teamwork.

You will assist with hygiene, meals, mobility, and daily living activities, respond to call lights, and help maintain a clean, safe environment while upholding HIPAA and hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Current Nurse's Aide Certification (CNA) preferred.
• BLS certification from American Heart Association.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Provide a safe environment for patients in high-stress environments.
• Comfortable working with patients and families during the dying process.
• Able to work with patients of all ages, sexes, religions, or backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with hygiene and meals; ambulate patients according to procedures.
• Distribute patient trays and assist feeding; collect trays after meals.
• Retrieve and deliver supplies, specimens, instruments, test results.
• Provide continuous observation of patients and ensure safety and comfort.
• Respond to patient call lights and relay information to nursing staff.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

English language proficiency

Technical skills related to patient

Clerical skills

Education

CNA certification

BLS certification (American Heart Association)

Job description

Summary

Under supervision and direction of the Clinical Nurse and according to established procedures, provides routine service duties, technical and nursing procedures necessary to provide for care, comfort and safety of patients. Performs tasks, assists patients with personal hygiene and meals and ambulates patients according to specific procedures. Maintains patient and unit environment in a clean and orderly condition. Utilizes basic knowledge of age-related differences in delivering patient care. Promotes the therapeutic milieu and the efficiency of the healthcare team by providing assistance with activities of daily living, unless the patient needs are such that adverse health consequences are predictable and by assisting in the provision of a safe and clean environment.

Shift: Full-time Day shift

Duties and Responsibilities

Service

• Consistently supports and communicates the Mission, Vision, and
  Values of St. Joseph Medical Center.
• Upholds the Standards of Conduct and Corporate Compliance.
• Responsible for honest behavior in all matters. To the best of the employee's knowledge and understanding, complies with all
  Federal and State laws and regulations.
• Maintains the privacy and security of all confidential and protected health information. Uses and discloses only that information
  which is necessary to perform the function of the job.
• Adheres to all Steward Healthcare policies on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), designed to prevent
  or detect unauthorized disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI)

People

• Incorporates the patient's physiological, psychological, cultural, developmental and spiritual needs into patient care.
• Consistently follows patient care, and facility guidelines and procedures in performance.
• Responds to patient call lights to determine needs and relays information to nursing personnel.
• Distributes patient trays and nourishments, assists patients with feeding and collects trays at end of meal.
• Completes various duties as requested, such as retrieving and delivering supplies, specimens, instruments, test results.
• Provides continuous observations of the patients.
• Provides for patient comfort, safety, and satisfaction.
• Maintains patient environment in a safe and orderly manner.

Quality

• Maintains competency, as evidenced by completion of competency validation requirements.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments.
• Promotes of a culture of patient safety which results in the identification and reduction of unsafe practices.
• Uses judgment to prioritize patient care.
• Implements measures to prevent exposure to blood and body fluids.
• Identifies risks to patients with actions taken to prevent patient harm.
• Accurately documents basic procedures and treatments in patient's chart.
• Maintains patient and physical environment in a clean and orderly condition.
• Assists in transferring patients, beds and patient care equipment to other rooms, using necessary safety precautions
• Acknowledge the patient's and family's knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural backgrounds to ensure they are incorporated into the planning and delivery of care.
• Communicate and share complete and unbiased information with the patients and families in ways that are affirming and useful.
• Ensure that patients and families receive timely, complete, and accurate information to effectively participate in care and decision-making.
• Encourage and support patients and families in participating in care and decision making at the level they choose.
• Collaborate with patients, families, healthcare practitioners, and healthcare leaders in policy and program development, implementation and evaluation in facility design, in professional education, as well as delivery of care.
• Understands that a solution may create a "new way of doing things" that is not how it has always been done but is the right thing to do.
• Takes ownership of a patient safety related issue and openly acknowledges an ongoing problem requiring attention.
• Other duties as assigned

Growth

• Enhances the patient experience by fostering a positive relationship with customers.
• Contributes to improving patient satisfaction result

Minimum Knowledge and Skills and Abilities

• Current Nurse's Aide Certification (CNA) - preferred
• Technical, clerical, interpersonal skills relevant to patient care/area.
• Certification requirements as defined by the certification policy. BLS with American Heart Association
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the skills and knowledge necessary to provide a safe environment for all patients in high stress environments.
• Must be comfortable working with patients and family members during the dying process.
• Must be comfortable working with all patients regardless of age, sex, religious affiliation, or any other protected category.
• Must possess the ability to effectively and professionally communicate with other members of the health care team.

Preferred: Bi or Multilingual

At least one year of experience as a personal care attendant in a long-term care facility or home health care agency is preferred.

Houston's oldest hospital is GROWING!

Welcome to St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC), Houston's first and only downtown hospital delivering world-class care for the last 137 years and looking forward to the next century of exceptional care to Houstonians when they need us most.

Whether it's for a scheduled surgery, the birth of a baby, an unexpected emergency, or an outpatient visit, we have staff available around the clock to provide you access to immediate, quality health care. SJMC has been providing health care services to Greater Houston residents for over 130 years, which should give you great comfort in knowing that we have a great tradition of caring for our community. We strive to meet our patients' expectations and encourage our patients to provide us with feedback on how we can help them have the best experience possible while they're in our care.

Over the last years we have expanded our services to include the Advanced Wound Care Center, Comprehensive Cardiac and Vascular Services, the Women's Center, the St. Joseph Maternal Fetal Medicine Center, and a Weight Loss Surgery Program, just to name a few. As you work with our physicians, nurses, case managers, educators, and other staff, you will be guided through your health care journey, from diagnosis to treatment, with compassion every step of the way.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are at the foundation of the care St Joseph Medical Center provides to our community we are privileged to support in all of our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.