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Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.

Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms.

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.

+ Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff

+ Monitors and records vital signs

+ Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs

+ Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output

+ Obtains and records daily weight

+ Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter

Job Requirements

Required:

+ High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or

+ High School GED General Studies, upon hire and

+ 1 year direct patient care experience , upon hire

+ Basic Life Support - AHA BLS, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health–Sugar Land Hospital offers the latest technology and treatments for residents of Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston. Our services range from heart care and neuroscience to robotic surgery. Our recently opened Family Birthing Center offers incomparable care and amenities in a spa-like environment to provide a VIP—Very Important Pregnancy—experience. Since 2008, our experienced doctors, nurses, and support staff have provided expert care to support our community.

Pay Range

$17.28 - $24.41 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.