Patient Care Assistant - Clinical Observation Unit

Patient Care Assistant

Cabell Huntington Hospital is seeking a casual, as needed Patient Care Assistant to work in the Clinical Observation Unit. The Clinical Observation Unit serves to provide efficient protocol-based care to patients with well-defined diagnoses or presenting symptoms such as chest pain, COPD, asthma, and congestive heart failure.

Responsibilities

• Conducting patient care activities
• Performing duties such as cleaning, taking vital signs, obtaining lab specimens, charting, escorting patients, assisting with activities of daily living, managing clerical duties, and ordering and receiving supplies
• Providing direct and indirect non-professional nursing care under nursing or medical supervision

Requirements

• Documentation of an 80% or higher score on the Medical Terminology exam