Patient Care Associate - General Surgery - Full-time - Day

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provides direct patient care and assist the nursing staff with patient duties.
  • Obtains and documents complete vital signs of patients.
  • Maintains and documents intake and output as assigned.
  • Assists patients/families with activities of daily living (i.e., bathing, feeding, personal hygiene, and ambulating).
  • Assists with the initiation and removal of non-invasive monitoring equipment, as directed.
  • Reports changes in the patient's condition, in a timely and accurate manner, to the patient's primary nurse.
  • Assists with the collection and transport of specimens in accordance with the universal precaution policy.
  • Performs waste removal from all areas of the patient care unit, including hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
  • Retrieves medications from pharmacy in accordance with BRGMC policy.
  • Ensures patient safety by adhering to BRGMC Safety Policy guidelines.
  • Assists in patient transport.
  • Participates in emergency response situations in accordance with BRGMC Code Blue policy.
  • Actively participates in maintaining the cleanliness of the patient care environment.
  • Demonstrates flexibility with staffing, scheduling, and assignment changes as needed.
• Performs clerical or Unit Clerk duties as assigned.
  • Receives and assists visitors to the unit in accordance with Everyday Excellence values.
  • Ensures appropriate charge capture, and assists Unit Manager in tracking lost charges.
  • Notifies charge nurse/nurse assigned to patient of STAT and Now physician orders and completes appropriate paperwork and computer entry as required.
  • Answers intercom in a timely and courteous manner, communicating messages to appropriate personnel.
  • Stocks and maintains supplies in patient care area.
• Participates in the implementation of an interdisciplinary plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
  • Collaborates with the interdisciplinary health care team to deliver direct patient care utilizing nursing practice standards, and universal blood and body fluid precautions.
  • Utilizes interventions that are consistent with the patient's plan of care.
  • Performs ongoing and systematic report of information according to department standard or more frequently based on patient condition.
  • Maintains patient rights.
  • Ensures that patients receive appropriate patient care in a timely manner.
  • Assists the RN in coordinating patient care with appropriate support services.
  • Participates in providing individualized patient education to patient and families.
  • Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to plan patient discharge.
  • Documents all patient care and patient/family education in a timely manner.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Previous job experience preferred.

SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

Certified Nursing Assistant Certification or Basic EMT Certification or Military Medic experience or Nursing Student with completion of fundamental nursing clinical in RN program desired.

HIPAA REQUIREMENTS

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Medical records without limitation both paper and electronic, patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical records related to quality/data, patient financial information, patients related complaints, information related to patient location, and religious beliefs.

Safety REQUIREMENTS

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification, transporting patients, transporting medications and blood, and monitoring clinical alarms.