PCA - Patient Care Aide: PRN

Requirements

• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license is required
• Associate’s degree with an emphasis in nursing preferred
• One (1) year of work experience in behavioral or healthcare work environment including direct patient care is preferred
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required; or the ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
• Phlebotomy certification from an accredited agency is preferred

Compensation

PRN Rate is $24/hr.

• Night shift differential: $5.00
• Weekend Night shift differential: $5.50
• Weekend Day shift differential: $1.00

What You Will Do

• Assists nursing staff in providing care for patients in accordance with identified treatment plans
• Measures vital signs patients and monitors the health of patients
• Affords assistance to patients with everyday needs
• Communicates with nursing supervisors, nursing staff, and clinical staff regarding patients’ treatment and status
• Records treatment activities and patient observations in patient records accurately and timely; completes paperwork requirements as needed in an accurate and timely manner
• Transports patients as needed
• Maintains a safe and sanitary environment applying infection control techniques and universal precautions
• Maintains and demonstrates a current working knowledge of applicable medical procedures and nursing care based on company policy and State and Federal guidelines
• Performs blood collections by venipuncture and capillary techniques on patients as directed

Work Environment

• Residential treatment facility setting
• Requires walking throughout the facility
• Direct contact with patients
• Able to work non-typical hours with the need to work evenings, nights, or weekends based on the need of the facility to provide patient care
• Able to work at a rapid pace for long periods of time (typically no longer than 8 hours)
• Able to push, pull, pull up, bend at the knees and waist, twist body at the waist, raise and hold arms overhead, turn head-neck-shoulders as needed, grasp other items with hands, for either extended periods of time or many times throughout the workday
• Able to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and able to assist an adult weighing 100-250 pounds