Patient Care Assistant Operating Room Full Time Days
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Job Location:
Lexington, KY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Where Youll Work
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 Womens Hospital at 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).
CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health a non-profit Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175000 team members and 25000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
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.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Patient Care Assistant youll 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. Youre 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
- High School Graduate upon hire or
- High School GED upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire
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About Company
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