Patient Care Associate - 7A

Baptist Health Arkansas; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Arkansas seeks a Patient Care Associate to support nursing on the unit with basic patient care, monitoring and hygiene. The role involves working as part of the nursing team to ensure patient and guest needs are met across physical, spiritual, and educational dimensions.

Requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent and the potential to complete 12 college credit hours for future advancement. Float to other units may be required when necessary.

Qualifications

• Requires a High School diploma or equivalent.
• 12 college credit hours may be needed for future promotion.
• Ability to read, write, and follow instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, visitors and staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic patient care and hygiene.
• Monitor patient conditions and respond as needed.
• Collaborate with the nursing team to ensure care is completed.

Skills

Reading and writing

Basic arithmetic

Communication with patients

Epic charting

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

12 college credit hours for promotion

Tools

Epic

Job description

A Patient Care Associate serves as a technical assistant to nursing on the unit whose primary function is to assist with basic patient care, monitoring, hygiene, and to help ensure care is complete. The nursing assistant works as part of the nursing team on a unit and throughout the hospital to ensure that each and every patient and guest to the hospital has their needs met, whether that need is physical, spiritual or educational.

Other information:

• Requires High School diploma or equivalent
• Must complete 12 hours of college credit to promote to next level.
• May be required to float to another unit/department when necessary.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed:

• Ability to read, write, understand and follow instructions.
• Basic addition and subtraction skills.
• The verbal skills to effectively relate to patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.
• Ability to utilize Epic to chart and monitor tasks to be completed.

This job will be authorized72.00 hours bi-weekly.

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