Patient Care Associate - 7A

Baptist Health; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Arkansas seeks a Patient Care Associate to assist nursing on the unit with basic patient care, monitoring, hygiene, and helping ensure care is complete. The role supports the nursing team to meet patient and guest needs, including physical, spiritual, or educational aspects.

Minimum requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent; promotion requires 12 college credits. May float to other units as needed, and Epic charting is used to track tasks.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic patient care, monitoring, and hygiene.
• Support nursing on the unit to ensure care is complete.
• Collaborate with the nursing team across units and hospital.

Skills

Reading & Writing

Mathematics basics

Verbal communication

Epic charting

Instruction following

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

12 college credit hours

Tools

Epic

Job description

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.

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.

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 authorized48.00 hours bi-weekly.

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