Patient Care Assistant (PCA) - Full Time - Days

PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT (PCA) FT - DAYS

Position Summary:

Provide basic patient care to promote the comfort, cleanliness safety of all patients including neonate thru geriatric. Duties typically assigned by Registered Nurse (RN).

Essential Functions (Duties, Tasks Responsibilities):

• Obtain vital signs accurately document.
• Record Intake Output document meal intake.
• Perform general hygiene care as needed which may include bathing, changing linens, oral hygiene dressing patients.
• Make rounds on assigned patients at least every 2 hours as needed.
• Provide safe environment for patient follow guidelines for Fall Risk patients.
• Reposition patients every 2 hours or as assigned by the RN or as patient care requires.
• Promptly answer call lights.
• Other tasks as assigned by the RN.

Additional Duties, Tasks, Responsibilities Expectations:

• Comply with all hospital policies procedures (P&P) as applicable for position including employee handbook, department administrative P&P, goals objectives for self, department performance improvement, safety, compliance program, accreditation survey standards, HIPAA confidentiality infection control.
• Provide exceptional customer service to all external (patients, families, etc.) internal (co-workers, other departments, physicians, etc.) customers.
• Participate in staff meetings serve on hospital committees/teams as appropriate.
• Perform work in effective, organized, accountable competent manner.
• Be respectful, courteous caring in all interactions with others and display a positive attitude.
• Demonstrate initiative ownership in performance of duties be self-starter.
• Pass competency proficiency testing as required by department or hospital.
• Adapt to changing work assignments comfortable serving diverse community.
• Keep knowledge skills current via education activities, in-services other training keep certification(s) current, if any.
• Promote nursing hospital services in service delivery area.
• Function well under stressful conditions involving patients, family, physicians, other departments entities, workload, etc.
• Report or update nurses or manager on patient care issues or problems to correct or monitor.
• Maintain home &/or message telephone "fill-in" for other staff as required.
• Perform related duties including assignment to other units/offices as required.

Shift: Nights 7:00 am - 7:00 pm. Schedule varies.

Experience: CNA certification and BLS required.

MMH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER