Patient Care Assistant (PCA), Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg, Full Time, Days
for sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes sections: About West Chester Hospital, Unit Details, Benefits Details, Qualifications, Required Skills And Knowledge, Responsibilities (with subheadings PATIENT POPULATION, Patient Care Provides..., Communication, Environment, Teamwork, Other duties as delegated, Safety Measures). Also maybe "About UC Health". The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences.
Thus we need to parse the job description and produce sections with headings
. We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- Job description intro: "UC Health is hiring a Full-Time Patient Care Assistant (PCA) for the 1st floor Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg unit for Day Shift at West Chester Hospital." That's maybe a brief overview; could be placed in a
before any heading? The instruction says do not repeat job title as heading. Could include a short paragraph about role.
- "About West Chester Hospital": details about hospital. That's a section heading
About West Chester Hospital
with paragraphs.
- "Unit Details": includes welcome to new grads, opportunities for growth, cross train. That's a section Unit Details
.
- "Benefits Details": lists benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Employee Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability; 401K; Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities; Community Discounts. That's a Benefits section Benefits
with - .
- "Location": West Chester, OH, United States. Could be a short paragraph maybe under a heading? Not required but could be included as a short
maybe under a heading "Location". However instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Location is a single line; maybe we can fold into a paragraph after Benefits or after Unit Details. But we need to preserve all substantive info. Could include a
Location: West Chester, OH, United States.
without heading.
- "Qualifications Education and Experience Requirements:" includes Minimum Required: High School Diploma or GED required. LICENSE & CERTIFICATION: None required. Minimum Required: Minimum Required: 0-6 Months of experience required. Preferred: 1 - 2 Years equivalent experience. This is repetitive. We need to preserve all substantive info but not duplicate. We can combine: Minimum: High School Diploma or GED; 0-6 months experience; Preferred: 1-2 years equivalent experience. No license/certification required. That's a Qualifications section Qualifications
with - .
- "Required Skills And Knowledge": includes list: Trained and maintains proficiency in AHA CPR and patient care skills. Completes unit-specific hospital safety education. One of the following criteria is required for this role: State Tested Nursing Aide Training; Acute Medical Surgical Training or Hospital Specific Training. May be a student from an accredited RN program that has successfully completed a medical surgical rotation or another acute care rotation. If candidates do not have either of the initial two requirements, the candidate must successfully complete the UC Health competency training for PCA’s and additional orientation before being permitted to care for patients. That's a Skills section
Skills
with - .
- Then a paragraph: "Join our team as a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) in our Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg unit and work alongside the best and brightest clinical teams collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering. Join our team to BE UC Health. Be Extraordinary. Be Supported. Be Hope. Apply Today!" This is promotional; maybe we can include as a
after Skills or before Responsibilities. It's not boilerplate; it's substantive but could be considered marketing. We'll keep as a paragraph.
- "About UC Health": details about UC Health system. That's a section
About UC Health
with paragraphs.
- Then "Responsibilities" with subheadings: PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): ... then Patient Care Provides..., Communication, Environment, Teamwork, Other duties as delegated, Safety Measures. According to instruction, we should use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we likely should have a top-level Responsibilities
and then under that we can have subheadings? But they said use for section headings; they didn't forbid using other headings like but they said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). Likely they expect only headings for major sections; subheadings could be
with bold? But we can't use markdown. We could treat each subheading as a
with strong text? But they said use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So responsibilities content is a list of duties; we could make a
- for each duty. However the responsibilities are grouped under headings like PATIENT POPULATION, Patient Care Provides..., Communication, etc. We could keep those as
PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY):
then a - list of items under that. Or we could just flatten all duties into a single list under Responsibilities. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; not lose the grouping. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have a single Responsibilities section with a
- list that includes all duties, preserving the content. The grouping headings could be included as part of the list item text (e.g., "PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): Engages in population appropriate communication....").
Thus we will create
Responsibilities
then a with each duty as - . We'll need to extract each duty from the text.
Let's parse responsibilities section:
Responsibilities
PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): Engages in population appropriate communication. Has knowledge of growth and development milestones and tasks. Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment. Involves family/guardian in the assessment, initial treatment and continuing care of the patient. Identifies any physical limitations of the patient and deploys intervention when necessary. Recognizes and responds appropriately to patients/families with behavioral health problems. Interprets population related data and plans care appropriately. Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from, unique psychological needs or those associated with religious / cultural norms. Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely. Recognizes and responds to signs/symptoms of abuse or neglect.
Patient Care Provides all patient care in a manner that is culturally-based and age-specific. Measures vital signs, records observation of skin integrity, intake & output, height & weight (bedside or w/c scale); reports all changes including mental status. Specimen collection: routine urine, clean catch urine, 24-hour urine, collection of self-expectorant sputum. Assists with activities of daily living (ADL’s), skin care, tube and catheter care, turning, positioning, transfer and ambulating, range of motion (ROM), hot and cold compresses. Provides hygiene and comfort measures to include Bathing/showering, Pericare. Changes linens as needed. Empties drainage bags and records outputs,disposes of bodily fluids/waste. Utilizes patient care equipment such as manual/hydraulic/electronic lift/hoyer lift/bed scale. Removes and reapplies splints, braces, cervical collars, skin and skeletal traction, anti-embolic stockings. Performs post-mortem care. Distributes and removes food trays, sets up meal trays, positions and prepares patient for meals, assists and/or feeds patient, assists with menu selection, records calorie counts, provides snacks and fluids, monitors head of bed (HOB) with patients receiving tube feedings. Assists with turning, coughing and deep breathing; provides follow-up to incentive spirometry; reapplies O2 cannula/mask, provide portable oxygen tank for transport. May perform EKG’s,mobile care phlebotomy (MCP), and blood glucose.
Communication Communicates patient observations to RN timely and appropriately. Orients patients and visitors to room and unit and updates the white boards appropriately. Records measurements and patient data. Documents treatments and procedures performed. Responds to and utilizes nurse call system. Reception and phone duties, as directed. Retrieves information from the computer.
Environment Facilitates the maintenance of a clean, safe and organized environment for patients and coworkers. Removes equipment when no longer in use to appropriate area for cleaning. Re-orders and stocks materials as necessary. Reports maintenance issues.
Teamwork Participates in patient admission, transfer and discharge. Demonstrates helpfulness, cooperation and respect for team members in pursuit of unprecedented patient care. Other duties as delegated
Safety Measures Ensures call lights are within reach of patients. Answers call lights promptly. Ensures placement of patient identification bands. Ensures that side rails and restraints are applied for patient safety and per policy. Uses proper body mechanics and universal precautions.
We need to capture each sentence as separate list items? Could combine sentences under each heading into one list item? But better to split each distinct duty into its own
- . However the instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid having long sentences with multiple duties in one
- . But to preserve all substantive information, we can keep each sentence as separate
- . However some sentences contain multiple duties separated by commas; we could keep them as is.
We'll produce a
with each duty as - . We'll need to ensure we don't miss any.
Let's list them:
From PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY):
- Engages in population appropriate communication.
- Has knowledge of growth and development milestones and tasks.
- Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment.
- Involves family/guardian in the assessment, initial treatment and continuing care of the patient.
- Identifies any physical limitations of the patient and deploys intervention when necessary.
- Recognizes and responds appropriately to patients/families with behavioral health problems.
- Interprets population related data and plans care appropriately.
- Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from, unique psychological needs or those associated with religious / cultural norms.
- Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely.
- Recognizes and responds to signs/symptoms of abuse or neglect.
Patient Care Provides:
- Provides all patient care in a manner that is culturally-based and age-specific
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. Thus we need to parse the job description and produce sections with headings
. We need to decide which sections to include based on content. We have: - Job description intro: "UC Health is hiring a Full-Time Patient Care Assistant (PCA) for the 1st floor Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg unit for Day Shift at West Chester Hospital." That's maybe a brief overview; could be placed in a
before any heading? The instruction says do not repeat job title as heading. Could include a short paragraph about role. - "About West Chester Hospital": details about hospital. That's a section heading
About West Chester Hospital
with paragraphs. - "Unit Details": includes welcome to new grads, opportunities for growth, cross train. That's a sectionUnit Details
. - "Benefits Details": lists benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Employee Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability; 401K; Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities; Community Discounts. That's a Benefits sectionBenefits
with- .
- "Location": West Chester, OH, United States. Could be a short paragraph maybe under a heading? Not required but could be included as a short
maybe under a heading "Location". However instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Location is a single line; maybe we can fold into a paragraph after Benefits or after Unit Details. But we need to preserve all substantive info. Could include a
Location: West Chester, OH, United States.
without heading. - "Qualifications Education and Experience Requirements:" includes Minimum Required: High School Diploma or GED required. LICENSE & CERTIFICATION: None required. Minimum Required: Minimum Required: 0-6 Months of experience required. Preferred: 1 - 2 Years equivalent experience. This is repetitive. We need to preserve all substantive info but not duplicate. We can combine: Minimum: High School Diploma or GED; 0-6 months experience; Preferred: 1-2 years equivalent experience. No license/certification required. That's a Qualifications sectionQualifications
with- .
- "Required Skills And Knowledge": includes list: Trained and maintains proficiency in AHA CPR and patient care skills. Completes unit-specific hospital safety education. One of the following criteria is required for this role: State Tested Nursing Aide Training; Acute Medical Surgical Training or Hospital Specific Training. May be a student from an accredited RN program that has successfully completed a medical surgical rotation or another acute care rotation. If candidates do not have either of the initial two requirements, the candidate must successfully complete the UC Health competency training for PCA’s and additional orientation before being permitted to care for patients. That's a Skills section
Skills
with- .
- Then a paragraph: "Join our team as a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) in our Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg unit and work alongside the best and brightest clinical teams collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering. Join our team to BE UC Health. Be Extraordinary. Be Supported. Be Hope. Apply Today!" This is promotional; maybe we can include as a
after Skills or before Responsibilities. It's not boilerplate; it's substantive but could be considered marketing. We'll keep as a paragraph. - "About UC Health": details about UC Health system. That's a section
About UC Health
with paragraphs. - Then "Responsibilities" with subheadings: PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): ... then Patient Care Provides..., Communication, Environment, Teamwork, Other duties as delegated, Safety Measures. According to instruction, we should usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we likely should have a top-level
Responsibilities
and then under that we can have subheadings? But they said usefor section headings; they didn't forbid using other headings like
but they said use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). Likely they expect only
headings for major sections; subheadings could be
with bold? But we can't use markdown. We could treat each subheading as a
with strong text? But they said use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So responsibilities content is a list of duties; we could make a
- for each duty. However the responsibilities are grouped under headings like PATIENT POPULATION, Patient Care Provides..., Communication, etc. We could keep those as
PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY):
then a- list of items under that. Or we could just flatten all duties into a single list under Responsibilities. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; not lose the grouping. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have a single Responsibilities section with a
- list that includes all duties, preserving the content. The grouping headings could be included as part of the list item text (e.g., "PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): Engages in population appropriate communication....").
Thus we will create
Responsibilities
then a- with each duty as
- . We'll need to extract each duty from the text. Let's parse responsibilities section: Responsibilities PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): Engages in population appropriate communication. Has knowledge of growth and development milestones and tasks. Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment. Involves family/guardian in the assessment, initial treatment and continuing care of the patient. Identifies any physical limitations of the patient and deploys intervention when necessary. Recognizes and responds appropriately to patients/families with behavioral health problems. Interprets population related data and plans care appropriately. Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from, unique psychological needs or those associated with religious / cultural norms. Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely. Recognizes and responds to signs/symptoms of abuse or neglect. Patient Care Provides all patient care in a manner that is culturally-based and age-specific. Measures vital signs, records observation of skin integrity, intake & output, height & weight (bedside or w/c scale); reports all changes including mental status. Specimen collection: routine urine, clean catch urine, 24-hour urine, collection of self-expectorant sputum. Assists with activities of daily living (ADL’s), skin care, tube and catheter care, turning, positioning, transfer and ambulating, range of motion (ROM), hot and cold compresses. Provides hygiene and comfort measures to include Bathing/showering, Pericare. Changes linens as needed. Empties drainage bags and records outputs,disposes of bodily fluids/waste. Utilizes patient care equipment such as manual/hydraulic/electronic lift/hoyer lift/bed scale. Removes and reapplies splints, braces, cervical collars, skin and skeletal traction, anti-embolic stockings. Performs post-mortem care. Distributes and removes food trays, sets up meal trays, positions and prepares patient for meals, assists and/or feeds patient, assists with menu selection, records calorie counts, provides snacks and fluids, monitors head of bed (HOB) with patients receiving tube feedings. Assists with turning, coughing and deep breathing; provides follow-up to incentive spirometry; reapplies O2 cannula/mask, provide portable oxygen tank for transport. May perform EKG’s,mobile care phlebotomy (MCP), and blood glucose. Communication Communicates patient observations to RN timely and appropriately. Orients patients and visitors to room and unit and updates the white boards appropriately. Records measurements and patient data. Documents treatments and procedures performed. Responds to and utilizes nurse call system. Reception and phone duties, as directed. Retrieves information from the computer. Environment Facilitates the maintenance of a clean, safe and organized environment for patients and coworkers. Removes equipment when no longer in use to appropriate area for cleaning. Re-orders and stocks materials as necessary. Reports maintenance issues. Teamwork Participates in patient admission, transfer and discharge. Demonstrates helpfulness, cooperation and respect for team members in pursuit of unprecedented patient care. Other duties as delegated Safety Measures Ensures call lights are within reach of patients. Answers call lights promptly. Ensures placement of patient identification bands. Ensures that side rails and restraints are applied for patient safety and per policy. Uses proper body mechanics and universal precautions. We need to capture each sentence as separate list items? Could combine sentences under each heading into one list item? But better to split each distinct duty into its own
- . However the instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. It doesn't forbid having long sentences with multiple duties in one
- . But to preserve all substantive information, we can keep each sentence as separate
- . However some sentences contain multiple duties separated by commas; we could keep them as is.
We'll produce a
- with each duty as
- . We'll need to ensure we don't miss any. Let's list them: From PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): - Engages in population appropriate communication. - Has knowledge of growth and development milestones and tasks. - Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment. - Involves family/guardian in the assessment, initial treatment and continuing care of the patient. - Identifies any physical limitations of the patient and deploys intervention when necessary. - Recognizes and responds appropriately to patients/families with behavioral health problems. - Interprets population related data and plans care appropriately. - Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from, unique psychological needs or those associated with religious / cultural norms. - Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely. - Recognizes and responds to signs/symptoms of abuse or neglect. Patient Care Provides: - Provides all patient care in a manner that is culturally-based and age-specific
- list that includes all duties, preserving the content. The grouping headings could be included as part of the list item text (e.g., "PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY): Engages in population appropriate communication....").
Thus we will create
- list of items under that. Or we could just flatten all duties into a single list under Responsibilities. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; not lose the grouping. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have a single Responsibilities section with a
- for each duty. However the responsibilities are grouped under headings like PATIENT POPULATION, Patient Care Provides..., Communication, etc. We could keep those as
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
- .
- Then a paragraph: "Join our team as a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) in our Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg unit and work alongside the best and brightest clinical teams collaborating toward our common purpose: to advance healing and reduce suffering. Join our team to BE UC Health. Be Extraordinary. Be Supported. Be Hope. Apply Today!" This is promotional; maybe we can include as a
- .
- "Required Skills And Knowledge": includes list: Trained and maintains proficiency in AHA CPR and patient care skills. Completes unit-specific hospital safety education. One of the following criteria is required for this role: State Tested Nursing Aide Training; Acute Medical Surgical Training or Hospital Specific Training. May be a student from an accredited RN program that has successfully completed a medical surgical rotation or another acute care rotation. If candidates do not have either of the initial two requirements, the candidate must successfully complete the UC Health competency training for PCA’s and additional orientation before being permitted to care for patients. That's a Skills section
- .
- "Location": West Chester, OH, United States. Could be a short paragraph maybe under a heading? Not required but could be included as a short