Patient Care Associate - Intensive Care

Baptist Health; Little Rock (AR); Vor Ort; USD 19.000 - 25.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Baptist Health in Little Rock, AR is seeking a Patient Care Associate to support nursing on the unit with basic patient care, hygiene and monitoring. You will work as part of the nursing team to meet patient and guest needs, and may float to other units as required.

Requires a high school diploma, 12 college credits for promotion, and proficiency with Epic for charting. Authorized 48 hours every two weeks. Join Arkansas' leading healthcare system with extensive access to care.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• Assist with basic patient care, monitoring, hygiene, and care completion.
• Work as part of the nursing team on the unit and across hospital as needed.

Kenntnisse

Reading and writing

Basic math

Verbal communication

Epic charting

Ausbildung

High School diploma or equivalent

12 college credits to promote to next level

Tools

Epic EHR

Jobbeschreibung

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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