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Responsibilities

Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning Functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.

ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff

2. Monitors and records vital signs

3. Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs

4. Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output

5. Obtains and records daily weight

6. Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter

7. Reports changes in patient’s status promptly to RN

8. Performs as patient care companion when needed

9. Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process

10. Performs unit housekeeping needs

11. Acts as a runner/transporter

12. Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel

13. Updates assigned bed status

14. Maintains a safe environment by responding to all bed alarms, call lights, telephones and alerting the correct person.

15. Keeps patient environment clean, performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, no food or drink at the workstation, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions

16. Communicates with patient’s family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner

17. Other duties as assigned by manager

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

**Required Education** :

+ High School Diploma, GED or SRNA

**Required Licensure and Certifications** :

+ BLS via the American Heart Association

**Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training** :

+ Healthcare experience preferred

Overview

As a Patient Care Assistant at CHI Saint Joseph Health you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.

Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You’re diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well.

Key Responsibilities Include:

+ Check-in with the outgoing patient care assistant at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.

+ Conduct hourly rounds checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.

+ Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.

+ Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients.

+ Assist the bedside nurse as needed such as: holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies, and cleaning up after.

+ Help the bedside nurse with any wound checks or dressing changes.

+ Change bed linens, check patients’ weight, other tasks as assigned each day.

Incentives:

We're offering a $3,000 sign on bonus for new hires that meet eligibility requirements.

About Us:

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East (https://www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/womens-hospital-saint-joseph-east) which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experience Hello Humankindness (https://www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/library/landing/humankindness) with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. Learn more about Saint Joseph East and its awards and recognitions here: Saint Joseph East (https://www.chisaintjosephhealth.org/saint-joseph-east)

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

Pay Range

$15.92 - $22.79 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.