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$22/hr–$31/hr
Other
high school
Posted 1d ago
Apply by Jul 26
~36 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Provide direct patient care including assistance with personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding as delegated by RN staff. Monitor and record vital signs, perform blood glucose testing, and maintain a safe, clean patient environment.
Requirements
Requires a high school diploma or GED and one to three years of direct patient care experience. Must hold a current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification upon hire.
Full job description
Where You’ll Work
Welcome to Continuing Care Hospital, a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital located inside CHI Saint Joseph Hospital. Continuing Care Hospital is recognized as a 12-time winner of the Kentucky Hospital Association Quality award and a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.
CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 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 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.
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 signsAssists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needsAccurately measures, records, and reports intake and outputObtains and records daily weightPerforms blood glucose testing using blood glucose meterReports changes in patient’s status promptly to RNPerforms as patient care companion when neededAssists in the admission, transfer and discharge processPerforms unit housekeeping needsActs as a runner/transporter
Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
Updates assigned bed status
Maintains a safe environment by responding to all bed alarms, call lights, telephones and alerting the correct person
Keeps patient environment clean, Performs comfort rounds, keeps hallways clear of obstruction, no food or drink at the workstation, reports safety issues and broken equipment appropriately, and adheres to patient safety precautions
Job Requirements
Required
High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
High School GED General Studies, upon hire and
1-3 years One (1) year direct patient care experience
Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Related keywords
Patient Care AssistantLong-Term Acute CareVital SignsBLSCPRBlood Glucose MeterPatient SafetyHealthcareProgressive Care UnitDirect Patient Care
Rooted in the unshakeable belief we all hold the power to heal.
Saint Joseph Health is becoming CommonSpirit Health.
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Lexington, Kentucky
LinkedIn followers
5,295
Total funding
$2M
Saint Joseph Health, part of CommonSpirit Health, is one of the largest and most comprehensive health systems in the Commonwealth of Kentucky with 100 locations in 15 cities, including hospitals, physician groups, clinics, primary care centers, specialty institutes, home health agencies and an ambulatory Care Center.
The hospitals in Saint Joseph Health are Flaget Memorial Hospital, Saint Joseph Berea, Saint Joseph East, Saint Joseph Hospital, Saint Joseph Jessamine, Saint Joseph London, Saint Joseph Mount Sterling, and Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East.
In total, the health system serves patients in 35 counties statewide. Saint Joseph Health is dedicated to providing a wide array of services to build a healthier future for all. Saint Joseph Health embodies a strong mission and faith-based heritage and works through local partnerships to expand access to care in the communities it serves.
Offices: 1 Saint Joseph Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40504, US
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