Patient Care Associate-MSH-GP9W Medicine-PT-Nights-EOW

Mount Sinai Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System seeks a Patient Care Associate to join the GP9W Medicine unit. The role supports nursing staff, assists with activities of daily living, and helps maintain a safe, clean patient environment in a high-acuity setting.

Key responsibilities include measuring and recording vital signs, supporting procedures, and aiding with mobility, dietary needs, and patient comfort as part of the clinical care team.

Qualifications

• Assists patients with activities of daily living and comfort.
• Takes and records vital signs and reports data to RN.
• Works closely with the care team to support patient-focused care.
• Demonstrates ability to perform clinical/technical/service tasks as needed.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to perform clinical/technical/service tasks.
• Performs and records vital signs such as BP, pulse, temperature, and respirations.
• Obtains patient pain ratings and assists with procedures and data collection.
• Maintains a safe, clean environment and supports daily living activities.
• Assists with ambulation, mobility, nutrition delivery, and room readiness.

Skills

Clinical skills

Vital signs

Teamwork with RN

Job description

Description

Patient Care Associate MSH GP9W Medicine PT Nights EOW As an integral part of the clinical care team, the Patient Care Associate is responsible for patient care and support activities promoting patient focused care within the Specialty Service. The Patient Care Associate supports the registered nurse in patient care activities, such as: assisting patient with activities of daily living, collecting specimens and performing procedures; maintaining a safe, clean environment; and other duties as needed.

Description Patient Care Associate MSH GP9W Medicine PT Nights EOW As an integral part of the clinical care team, the Patient Care Associate is responsible for patient care and support activities promoting patient focused care within the Specialty Service. The Patient Care Associate supports the registered nurse in patient care activities, such as: assisting patient with activities of daily living, collecting specimens and performing procedures; maintaining a safe, clean environment; and other duties as needed.

Responsibilities

• Clinical/Technical/Service
• Demonstrates the ability to perform clinical/technical/service/administrative tasks
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area.
• Performs and records patient’s vital signs, such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature

and respirations. Documents intake and output and other data as assigned.

• Obtains patient’s rating on pain scales as a fifth vital sign in all areas except Pediatrics
• Performs clinical procedures, such as specimen collection including blood glucose, venipuncture, EKG, application of compression devices, post‑mortem care, and maintenance of skin integrity.
• Sets up for selected procedures and assists RN’s accordingly.
• Assists patient with activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing and/or toileting. Orients

Patients to clinical environment. Assists patient with ambulation and all levels of mobilization.

• Assists with dietary functions, including delivering and collecting patient trays at bedside,

passing menus to patients and assisting them with menu completion, mixing nutritional supplements, reporting variation in eating patterns to RN/Dietitian, and maintaining accurate and timely systems for transmission of patient dietary orders and changes.

• Maintains a safe, clean and functional environment, including ensuring for the comfortable

Movement of the patient. Assists the patient in room maintenance, such as bed‑stripping and trash removed, when necessary.

• Performs on‑to‑one observation or close observation status of patients, e.g. safety, elopement risk, or suicide prevention.
• Maintains “isolation status” for patients under direction of an RN and according to set procedures
• Performs scheduled hourly care checks/ rounding on patients with emphasis on caring for toileting needs, comfort, and positioning and pain awareness. Notifies RN if rounding has not been completed.
• Utilizes Vocera system/Mount Sinai phone according to sign in/sign out protocol where activated.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including generating reports
• Is open and responsive to the diverse backgrounds and experience of other people and promotes

an environment that is sensitive to cultural diversity.

• Respects and values each patient’s unique, individual needs, beliefs, and diversity and incorporates these into delivery of care.
• Greets visitors and answers telephones promptly and courteously. Escorts visitors to appropriate area, when necessary. Provides information as appropriate.
• Answers Patient Call System and refers calls to appropriate staff.