Patient Care Assistant Med Surg
About the Role
As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities. Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms. Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You're diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff.
- Monitors and records vital signs.
- Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs.
- Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output.
- Obtains and records daily weight.
- Performs blood glucose testing using a blood glucose meter.
Requirements
- High School Diploma, GED, or SRNA (required).
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification upon hire (required).
About the Workplace
Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky. Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people.
Pay
$20.36 - $20.36 per hour.