Patient Care Associate: CCU - 14hrs/week, NIGHTS

Department: Coronary Care Unit (D2E)

Responsibilities

• Collect patient data and complete personal care of the patient
• Perform point-of-care testing such as whole blood glucose
• Turn, position, and/or mobilize patients
• Assist with caring for the needs of assigned patients with a focus on progress toward discharge, including during transitions within the acute care stay
• Promote availability of resources for patient care through collaboration with Materiel’s Coordinators for use, stocking, and storage of supplies
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of a clean, orderly, and safe environment of care
• Serve as activity companion for patients requiring 1:1 observations
• Assist in the delivery of patient care provided by the caregiving team
• Assure competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided
• Collect pertinent data and information relative to the patient’s health or situation, including vital signs, height and weight, and food and fluid intake and output
• Report abnormal findings to the RN and patient care team
• Participate in care planning and the nursing report process
• Incorporate patient/family rights to participate in decision making about their care
• Utilize standardized techniques for keeping patients and families informed
• Provide personal care to patients including bathing, oral care, and skin care
• Assist the patient with eating and hydration, grooming, dressing, and toileting
• Incorporate safe patient handling into basic restorative care such as ambulation, range of motion, and use of assistive and prosthetic devices
• Employ strategies to promote a clean, orderly, and safe environment
• Demonstrate standard and transmission-based precautions and infection control techniques
• Provide details related to patient progress toward the achievement of goals and outcomes to the RN
• Document all care in the patient record

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology preferred
• 6 months related experience in a health care setting, or completion of a certified nurse assistant course, and/or experience as a paramedic or emergency technician desired
• Honest, punctual, and performs the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined by AMC and the tenets of the profession
• Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively with patients, family members, employees, and others
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands for various job functions; occasionally required to sit, kneel, or crouch

Pay

Salary range: $41,923.00 – $54,500.00

Schedule

Night shift