Patient Care Assistant I
Madisonville, KY - USA
Job Summary
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital is a 25 bed critical access hospital in Madisonville Texas offering a Level IV Trauma Center IP and OP services therapy emergency care skilled nursing care injury treatment and more.
Accredited by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and designated as a Level III Support Stroke Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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
- High School Graduate upon hire or
- High School GED upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR within 14 - days
Preferred
- Prior Experience upon hire
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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