Patient Care Assistant - Women's Specialty Unit
About the role
Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility offering high-quality, expert health care for women, mothers, and babies. The Pavilion is connected to Texas Children’s Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care.
Responsibilities
- Aid in the collection and documentation of patient/family data
- Obtain and document vital signs (without continuous physiologic monitors)
- Notify the RN of any abnormal findings
- Collaborate with the RN and patient/family to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care
- Identify patient/family responses to care provided
- Contribute to the development and modification of the plan of care
- Maintain accountability for personal development and participate in the development of others
- Show commitment to teamwork, flexibility, professional interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills
- Participate in achieving hospital/unit goals
Requirements
- H.S. Diploma or GED
- Completion of a formal nursing assistant educational program or certification (e.g. Diploma/Course/Certificate/associate degree/Etc.)
- Currently enrolled in a BSN degree program with one clinical rotation completed at hire
- One (1) year of direct patient care experience
Skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced setting
About Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women
The Pavilion for Women offers a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care, including maternal and fetal medicine services, fetal diagnostic procedures, and highly specialized fetal surgeries. It is connected to Texas Children’s Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care.
About Texas Children’s
Texas Children’s is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and requires all successful candidates to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.