Certified Patient Care Assistant Progressive Care Unit Surgical NS

About the role

Banner Health Medical Center is seeking a Certified Patient Care Assistant to join their PCU 4D Unit. This unit is a high acuity, 37 bed Surgical Progressive Care Unit with patients recovering from surgery or those with cardiac issues. The position is full-time, night shift working from 6PM-6:30AM with weekend and holiday rotations.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine patient care to promote patient comfort and contribute to the overall patient plan of care.
• 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.
• Collections 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.
• Absorbs 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.
• Maintains a complete patient record with admission, transfer, and discharge information, progress notes, and consent forms.
• Ensures that all reports and chart forms are scanned or filed into the patient’s record.
• Maintains adequate supplies of frequently used, patient education materials.
• Assists in the ordering of patient specimens.
• May transcribe and process physician orders effectively using the electronic medical record.
• Maintains adequate levels of office, dietary, and medical supplies and completes requisition forms when supplies need to be ordered.
• Reconciles supply order upon delivery.
• Maintains adequate levels of office, dietary, and medical supplies and completes requisition forms when supplies need to be ordered.
• Monitors and tracks the use and whereabouts of electronic equipment such as patient ID scanners and lap top computers.
• Ensures that all are accounted for and in working order.
• Based on area of assignment may assist with transporting patients, including pre-operative and immediate post-operative patients to critical care unit.
• Participates in OR room turnover.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Current BLS certification is required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires and transfers.
• Requires skills and abilities typically attained with 1 year of medical clerical experience; preferably in a hospital or physician office setting, or prior experience in customer service.
• Excellent organizational skills, as well as effective human relations and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology and computer literacy and keyboarding skills.
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training is also required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Current BLS certification is required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires and transfers.
• Requires skills and abilities typically attained with 1 year of medical clerical experience; preferably in a hospital or physician office setting, or prior experience in customer service.
• Excellent organizational skills, as well as effective human relations and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology and computer literacy and keyboarding skills.
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training is also required.

Skills

• Basic electrocardiogram interpretation.
• Electroencephalographic interpretation.

Benefits

• 18% Night Shift Differential.
• $1/hour Weekend Shift Differential when applicable.

Pay

• Night Shift Differential: 18%
• Weekend Shift Differential: $1/hour

Schedule

• Night Shift: 6PM-6:30AM
• Weekend and Holiday Rotations Required