Patient Care Tech - Behavioral Health Days

100 LCMC Health; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 20,664,000 - 30,307,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Patient Care Tech for night shifts to provide front-line patient care with empathy and professionalism. You will assist with data collection, vital signs, hygiene, nutrition, safety, and rounding to support patient satisfaction and outcomes.

Minimum: High School Diploma or equivalent and current American Heart Association BLS certification. Join a hospital network rooted in caring for New Orleans area communities and grow with a team dedicated to extraordinary care.

Qualifications

• Performs daily patient care tasks under supervision.
• Collects data such as vitals, intake/output, and measurements.
• Maintains a safe and clean patient environment.

Responsibilities

• Collect data for patient condition assessments (vital signs, intake/output, glucose monitoring).
• Assist with patient hygiene, nutrition and personal care.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment in patient care areas and complete patient rounding.
• Support teamwork and pursue career development.

Skills

Vital signs monitoring

I&O

Patient hygiene

Data collection

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Your job is more than a job. Your job is more than a job. As a Patient Care Tech, you’re on the front line of care. You’ve developed that sixth sense of anticipating and answering the needs of your patients. Your responsibilities may not always be easy, but you firmly believe that your growth starts where your comfort zone ends. You’re a healthcare warrior and you gather every ounce of kindness, respect and empathy at your patient’s bedside delivering care like you would want for yourself and your loved ones. All the call lights, hand holds, medical needs, family questions, and even a proverbial ‘extra blanket’ request, you’ve lost count, but you still bring your heart and soul to every single one like it’s your first. And that’s what we love about you.

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this hands-on, personal care nursing role.

Your Everyday Assist in collecting data used for assessment of patients' conditions as assigned, including vital signs, weights, blood glucose monitoring, I&O, etc.

Assist with patient hygiene, nutrition and personal care needs and patient-related tasks. Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone. Maintain a clean environment in patient care areas. Complete patient rounding in accordance with patient assignments and schedule to drive patient satisfaction and safety. Enhance knowledge and seek opportunities for career development. Embrace teamwork and direction in performance of duties.

The Must-Haves Minimum: High School Diploma or equivalent, appropriate work experience. Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary. Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health’s extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women’s care.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do.

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

About LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary.

Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.