Patient Care Assistant, Jewish Hospital, Part Time, 7a-7p

Job Description

The Clinical Assistant at UofL Health provides clinical patient care support under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. This position collaborates with patients and families to deliver care while adhering to the hospital's mission and values.

Essential Functions

• Delivers successful service by demonstrating accountability and commitment to quality and safety standards, providing exceptional customer service, and maintaining a positive work environment.
• Performs delegated nursing skills, including activities of daily living, monitoring of patient condition, body mechanics, providing nutritional support, and other activities as appropriate to clinical service.
• Communicates performance of delegated skills to the patient’s Registered Nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs functional assignments per unit standards of care, including patient admission and discharge procedures, unit environmental organizational tasks, and others as appropriate to service.
• Performs and documents point-of-care testing, patient mobility and exercise, comfort, rest, sleep and care needs, patient hygiene, grooming, dressing, skincare, dietary, toileting and elimination needs.
• Affords assistance with transport.
• Performs clerical duties, using a fax machine, computers, medical transcription, telephone, and copy machines as needed.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with hospital standards.

Other Functions

• Participates in training, development, and continuing education activities to improve role functioning.
• Participates in department-based activities and initiatives to improve and ensure a safe environment.
• Assists in performance improvement activities, quality improvement, and patient safety activities; assists in maintaining compliance with Joint Commission accreditation and other internal and external regulatory standards.
• Communicates effectively with members of the health care team, patients, and families, often under stress or emergency situations.
• Affords assistance to other members of the nursing care team and/or other disciplines.
• Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent (required).
• Experience in healthcare setting (preferred).

Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required).
• State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (preferred).