Patient Care Associate - Med Surg

Baptist Health; Monticello (AR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Arkansas seeks a Patient Care Associate to support nursing staff with basic patient care, monitoring and hygiene. The role collaborates with the unit and hospital teams to ensure patient and guest needs are met—physically, spiritually, and educationally.

Responsibilities include assisting in care delivery, following instructions, and using Epic for charting and task monitoring. The position emphasizes teamwork within a comprehensive health system serving Arkansas and eastern

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic patient care, monitoring and hygiene.
• Work as part of the nursing team to ensure needs are met for patients and guests.
• Support on unit and hospital-wide care to address physical, spiritual or educational needs.

Skills

Reading

Writing

Communication

Epic charting

Math basics

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

12 college credits to promote

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 authorized0.00 hours bi-weekly.

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