Patient Care Sitter-1

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits from Day 1

Retirement matching

Growth opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Free parking

Job summary

Trinity Health is seeking a patient care assistant to join the nursing team at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland System in Michigan.

The role provides sitting services and supports daily living activities under the direction of the registered nurse, contributing to patient comfort and safety. Responsibilities include assisting with ADLs, meal support, ensuring a clean patient environment, reporting changes, and participating in patient-centered care initiatives.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma, GED or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living under RN supervision.
• Provide basic nutritional support and feeding assistance.
• Maintain a clean, safe patient environment and report changes.
• Support patient-centered care and teamwork with the care team.

Skills

Relationship-based care

Education

High school diploma, GED or equivalent

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: 12 Hour Night Shift

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A COLLEAGUE OF TRINITY

• Competitive compensation
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and more! Effective Day 1 of Employment - No Waiting Period!
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions
• Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout Trinity Health
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free parking in proximity to your workplace

Position Purpose

Functions as a member of the health care team under the direction of the RN. Utilizing a Patient Focused Care approach, provides sitting services to a specific group of patients within the St. Joseph Mercy Oakland System. Actively supports and participates in the activities of the unit based Shared Governance Council. Promotes organizational commitment to customer service.

Duties/Responsibilities

Performs activities of daily living (ADLs) appropriate to the patient's condition, according to unit routine under direction of the RN. This would include physical care such as bathing, turning, ambulating patients and toileting. Provides basic nutritional support to patients such as tray passing, tray setup, assistance with feeding, and communication of intake to RN. Demonstrates principles of Relationship-based Care to cultivate and maintain therapeutic relationship as a means to optimal healing and collegial functioning as an interdisciplinary care team member. Provides observation following the guidelines as described during department specific orientation. Must ensure they are actively participating in a distraction free environment. Reports patient care incidents and changes in the patient's condition to the RN in a timely fashion. Creates a neat and clean environment for optimal patient care experience. To ensure safe patient care experience, incumbent must remain with patient until hand-off occurs. Seeks and incorporates feedback concerning improvement in one's own practice, including participation in self-appraisal. Provides patient care that reflects respect for patient's rights, dignity, values, culture preferences, and expressed needs and attention to providing comfort, relieving pain, and alleviating anxiety. Takes personal accountability to seek out experiences in order to maintain skills and competence. Integrates principles of the Personal.Connected.Journey and demonstrates Trinity Health Guiding Behaviors, to provide excellent care of self, patients, and care team members. Performs other duties as assigned and needed. Additional duties may include non-clinical duties consistent with meeting the needs of the patient and care team. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the competencies/essential functions satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education • High school diploma, GED or equivalent.

Working Conditions

Working in the patient care environment may result in exposure to communicable diseases and hazardous substances. Position may require frequent lifting and carrying of patients/equipment/other not to exceed 51 pounds. Associates will not lift items/patients exceeding 35 pounds from the floor. Associate’s position requires occasional (5-10% of work time) squatting, crawling, crouching, kneeling, and balancing, frequent bending/stooping, and reaching above shoulder level, pushing/pulling. May be working in an environment dimly lit, sitting for periods up to 100% of shift. Position requires the use of hands for simple and firm grasping and fine manipulating

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. Together, we're 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states.

Nationally recognized for care and experience, our system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, in fiscal year 2023, we invested $1.5 billion in our communities through charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit http://www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on LinkedIn.