Patient Care Assistant PRN Floats
Patient Care Assistant PRN Floats
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Job Description
WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.
TMH is the regions healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the regions only:
- Level II Trauma Center
- Primary Stroke Center
- Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
- Pediatric Intensive Care
- The most advanced cancer heart and vascular orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.
Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital multiple specialty care centers six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.
HOW YOULL MAKE AN IMPACT
Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse the Patient Care Assistant performs a variety of routine duties involving:
- Care of medically ill acute or sub-acute patients.
- Performs direct patient care.
- Observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients.
- Provides a clean and safe environment.
Adittional Responsabilities of a Patient Care Assistant are:
- Assisting with activities of daily living (bathing dressing grooming shaving oral and denture care skin and nail care bed making and maintaining a clean environment.).
- Promoting and maintaining mobility (ambulating transferring transporting turning positioning lifting and performing range of motion exercises).
- Assisting with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
- Assisting with toileting and elimination (assisting with the use of bedpan/urinal/bedside commode providing catheter care and care of the incontinent patient).
- Performs data gathering and recognizes abnormal findings (measures and records vital signs weight oral intake output including urine emesis and stool).
Reports:
Registered Nurse (RN)/Nurse Manager JC 031001 and/or RN/Assistant Nurse Manager JC 030303
Supervises:
None
WHAT YOULL NEED TO APPLY
Required Education:
High school diploma (or equivalent) and at least 18 years of age.
Required Experience:
No previous experience required. One (1) year of job-related experience preferred. NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.
Required Certification/License/Registry: None
NOTE: Orientationrequiresyour availability to completeClinical Orientation on your first fullweek (Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm).
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen background check reference verification health assessment and credential/license verification.
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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen background check reference verification health assessment and credential/license verification.
Employment Type
Gig
