Certified Patient Care Assistant PRN

About the role

Banner Health has earned Great Place To Work® Certification™ for three consecutive years, reflecting a culture where team members trust leadership, take pride in their work, and enjoy collaborating.

Platte County Memorial Hospital is dedicated to transforming lives by fostering the highest level of health and wellness for the community and region. Located in Wheatland, Wyoming, the hospital sits in a close‑knit community just 70 miles north of Cheyenne and an easy drive to Denver. Employees enjoy abundant recreational opportunities, including nearby lakes, Laramie Peak, Medicine Bow National Forest, and easy access to Colorado’s Rocky Mountains and Denver.

The Certified Patient Care Assistant works on the inpatient Medical/Surgical Unit, which has 25 patient beds. Duties include assisting patients with health and medical needs, answering call lights, supporting activities of daily living (ADLs), ambulation, observation, and fall‑risk prevention. The hospital provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, including an outpatient clinic that brings more than 20 regional physicians across nine specialties to southeast Wyoming. A recent $16 million renovation added a new inpatient wing, surgical suite, diagnostic imaging department, and enhanced the emergency department and laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance in activities of daily living and completes necessary tasks to promote patient health, including assisting patients with basic hygiene needs, maintaining an optimum level of mobility and providing assistance with nutritional intake as needed.
• Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output and other delegated measurements in accordance with unit/facility policy and standards of care.
• Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care.
• Assists in the transportation of patient specimens.
• Recognizes and reports abnormalities and/or changes in the patient’s health status and responses to treatment to a licensed professional.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
• Performs procedures and uses equipment as delegated by a licensed professional, consistent with demonstrated competencies and according to state scope of practice; procedures may include blood draws, foley catheters removal, EKGs, and EKG monitoring.
• Provides necessary supplies, support and assistance to medical staff and patients for unit specific procedures, under the direct