PCA Unit Coordinator — Paid Training & Tuition Help

Norton Healthcare; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance

Employee Referral Incentive

Employee Assistance Program

Comprehensive Benefits

Job summary

Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY is hiring a Patient Care Associate (PCA) to provide direct patient care under licensed nursing staff. A paid, comprehensive training program accompanies entry, with a pathway to clinical degrees and substantial tuition assistance.

Responsibilities include hygiene support, ambulation, environment safety, vital signs, phlebotomy, and careful patient condition monitoring. This role emphasizes infection control and effective communication through documentation

Qualifications

• No experience required.
• No certifications required.
• Career Pathway questions? There are many healthcare career pathways and we can provide tuition assistance up to $45,000 when pursuing clinical degrees in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Assisting patients with activities designed to maintain personal hygiene such as bathing, grooming, and skin care.
• Assisting patients with ambulation, transfers, and turns.
• Ensuring a clean and orderly patient environment to promote safety and infection prevention.
• Notifying clinical staff of any changes in a patient's condition or safety concerns.
• Applying infection control concepts and techniques.
• Monitoring, recording, and effectively communicating the patient's condition, activities, behaviors, and safety concerns utilizing computerized documentation systems and other means as appropriate.
• Taking vital signs and performing phlebotomy (blood draws) and glucose checks.

Skills

No experience

No certifications

Job description

Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY is hiring a Patient Care Associate (PCA) to provide direct patient care under licensed nursing staff. A paid, comprehensive training program accompanies entry, with a pathway to clinical degrees and substantial tuition assistance.

Responsibilities include hygiene support, ambulation, environment safety, vital signs, phlebotomy, and careful patient condition monitoring. This role emphasizes infection control and effective communication through documentation