Patient Care Associate Med/Surg Days

Job Summary

Summary: Working under the direction of licensed personnel, assists patients with activities of daily living tasks such as bathing, dressing, and eating. Also assists with taking patients' temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Essential Functions

• Performs vital signs, weights/heights, intakes, and outputs with accuracy and within established time frame and/or as requested.
• Completes all documentation in the medical record as required.
• Interacts with patients and their families effectively.
• Helps patients with a number of basic hygiene tasks. This may include bathing and dressing patients, helping them use the toilet if needed, and feeding them.
• Aid in helping patients turn and reposition themselves in bed as needed and help them move between the bed and a wheelchair if they use one.
• Listens to any health concerns patients may have and report those concerns to the nurses.

  Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred
  • No experience in lieu of a degree accepted
  • Basic Life Support [BLS Certification]
  • Certified Medical Assistant [National Certification]
  • Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic [Massachusetts]
  • Nursing Assistant [LNA - New Hampshire]

  Physical Requirements

  • Standing: Frequently (34-66%)
  • Walking: Frequently (34-66%)
  • Sitting: Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Lifting: Frequently (34-66%) up to 35 pounds (with assisted device)
  • Carrying: Frequently (34-66%) up to 20 pounds - 35 pounds
  • Pushing: Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Pulling: Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Climbing: Rarely (Less than 2%)
  • Balancing: Frequently (34-66%)
  • Stooping: Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Kneeling: Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Crouching: Occasionally (3-33%)
  • Crawling: Rarely (Less than 2%)
  • Reaching: Frequently (34-66%)
  • Gross Manipulation (Handling): Frequently (34-66%)
  • Fine Manipulation (Fingering): Frequently (34-66%)
  • Feeling: Constantly (67-100%)
  • Foot Use: Rarely (Less than 2%)
  • Far Vision: Constantly (67-100%)
  • Near Vision: Constantly (67-100%)
  • Talking: Constantly (67-100%)
  • Hearing: Constantly (67-100%)
  • Remote Work: Onsite Work Location: 2014 Washington Street
  • Pay Range: $17.36 - $24.79/Hourly
  • Grade: 3
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