Patient Care Technician - Compassionate Hospital Support

Vibra Healthcare; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibra Healthcare in Paducah, KY is seeking a Nursing Assistant (CNA) to provide direct patient care under supervision of a Registered Nurse. You will assist with daily living activities, collect vital signs, and support physicians and nursing staff in procedures.

Experience in patient care is preferred; Nurse Aide certification is advantageous. This position requires teamwork, compassion, and adherence to hospital policies while maintaining patient confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Previous patient care experience, preferably in a hospital or long term care facility.
• Nurse Aide certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide general nursing care such as positioning patients; lifting and turning patients; applying/utilizing special equipment; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; ambulating the patient; pre-operative and post-operative care; taking blood pressure and TPR, and documenting appropriately.
• Assist in preparation of units, patient rooms, supplies, and beds for receiving patient admissions, returning surgical patients, transfers, emergencies, or discharges.
• Assists in obtaining admission height, weight, and vital signs.
• Provide living skills, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen
• Prepare patients for meals, serve and remove food trays, and assist with meals or feed patients; documents percentage of diet consumed.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Education

Nurse Aide certification

Job description

Vibra Healthcare in Paducah, KY is seeking a Nursing Assistant (CNA) to provide direct patient care under supervision of a Registered Nurse. You will assist with daily living activities, collect vital signs, and support physicians and nursing staff in procedures.

Experience in patient care is preferred; Nurse Aide certification is advantageous. This position requires teamwork, compassion, and adherence to hospital policies while maintaining patient confidentiality.