Patient Care Assistant - 4 Fl HEM/ONC/BMT - Full Time 12 Hour Days (Non-Exempt) (Union)

The Patient Care Assistant provides nursing staff support in patient care delivery, clerical functions, and organization of the unit environment, as well as set-up and maintenance of equipment.

Requirements

• Responds to patient call within 10 minutes
• Anticipates patients' needs
• Maintains positive behaviors toward patients and visitors
• Smiles and is pleasant during all interactions
• Provides RN with necessary data related to patient assessment
• Contributes input into the patient's plan of care and accurately implements interventions on the patient's plan of care, in collaboration with the RN
• Performs essential skills which contribute to positive patient outcomes per routing, MD orders, and RN direction
• Ensures safe physical environment and ensures safe operation of patient-care equipment
• Documents all care provided, including vital signs, intake and output, meal percentages, equipment used, and patient care
• Makes presence known before entering a room or private area
• Identifies/introduces self to patient and visitors
• Explains plan of care to the patient
• Does not engage in inappropriate discussions regarding other patients and unit operations
• Knows and utilizes all computerized systems to send messages, document care, and communicate patient/unit needs to various departments
• Reports to RN/Charge Nurse pertinent information/significant change in patient condition/patient and family concerns and patient refusal of care in a timely manner
• Reports to RN/Charge Nurse patient's inability to perform self-care and describes actions taken which were ineffective
• Actively collaborates with the RN at the beginning and throughout the shift regarding patient care and data collection
• Ensures that the unit is in continuous survey readiness
• Maintain patient confidentiality

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance