PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT, Special Operations, $3,000 Sign on Bonus, Various Shifts

Covenant Health; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Patient Care Assistant. In this pivotal role, you will provide essential support to patients, assisting with daily living activities and ensuring their comfort and safety. Your contributions will directly impact patient recovery and well-being. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, where you will be part of a compassionate team committed to delivering exceptional care. With comprehensive training and a supportive culture, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others while advancing their career in healthcare.

Benefits

$3,000 Sign on Bonus

Robust Benefits Package

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Certification Bonuses

401(k) Matching

Generous Combined Time Off

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate knowledge and skills to assist with patient care tasks.
• CPR certification is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Assist registered nurses with patient care and daily living activities.
• Monitor and record vital signs and report changes to the nursing staff.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for patients.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Basic Medical Knowledge

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Medical Equipment

Patient Monitoring Systems

Job description

Overview

Patient Care Assistant, Special Operations

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Various Shifts

$3,000 Sign on Bonus for PCAs

*Impressive Special Operations Differentials in Addition to Existing Shift Differentials*

Special Operation Units:

• Oncology
• Pulmonary

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the-art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery, and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses, leadership and professional development programs, an employer-matched 401(k), and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

Position Summary:

Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADLs, and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader.

Responsibilities

• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.
• Encourage patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care.
• Ambulate, and assist patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary.
• Attend to nutritional needs of patients which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling, and passing out water pitchers.
• Provide morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed.
• Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans, and emesis basins and record intake and output.
• Assist in maintaining a safe environment, which may include reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen, and storing of supplies.
• Provide general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal, or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.
• Empty & clean ostomy bag, per procedure.
• Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens as ordered.
• Perform tasks such as ROM, assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.
• Perform phlebotomy (requires additional training). To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.
• Perform EKG (requires special training).
• Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.
• Report significant changes in patients' condition to RN.
• Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.
• Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures, and proper body mechanics in performance of job.
• Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.
• Gather equipment for O2 setup. Check O2 for connection and proper placement.
• Check for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside.
• Ambulate patients with oxygen.
• Set up suction equipment and check for proper function.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Demonstrate ability to perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards. Complete required education assignments annually. Work toward achieving goals and objectives, and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill, and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED.

Minimum Experience:

None.

Licensure Requirement:

CPR required.