Patient Care Assistant - Ortho Full Time

About the role

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system serving a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. With over 6,000 colleagues, TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care, featuring a 772-bed acute care hospital and the area's only Level II Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, and leading cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs. The system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs, and more than 50 affiliated physician practices. Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Assistant performs routine duties involving care of medically ill acute or sub‑acute patients, direct patient care, observing and reporting changes in patient behavior and physical status, and maintaining a clean and safe environment. Reports To: Registered Nurse (RN)/Nurse Manager [JC 031001] and/or RN/Assistant Nurse Manager [JC 030303]; Supervises: None.

Responsibilities

• Perform direct patient care for medically ill acute or sub‑acute patients.
• Observe and report changes in patient behavior and physical status.
• Provide a clean and safe environment.
• Assist with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, oral and denture care, skin and nail care, bed making, maintaining a clean environment).
• Promote and maintain mobility (ambulating, transferring, transporting, turning, positioning, lifting, performing range of motion exercises).
• Assist with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
• Assist with toileting and elimination (using bedpan/urinal/bedside commode, providing catheter care, caring for incontinent patients).
• Perform data gathering and recognize abnormal findings (measure and record vital signs, weight, oral intake, output including urine, emesis, and stool).

Requirements

• Required Education: None
• Required Experience: None
• Preferred Experience: One (1) year of job‑related experience preferred.
• NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.
• Required Certification/License/Registry: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• NOTE: BLS certification is required prior to performing patient care.
• Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) may provide the opportunity for BLS certification training on‑site as part of clinical orientation (as needed).

Schedule

NOTE: Orientation requires your availability to complete Clinical Orientation on your first full week (Monday‑Friday from 8am‑5pm).