Patient Care Assistant
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CHI St. Vincent Health
Little Rock, AR, US
Summary
Provide direct patient care including assistance with personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding. Monitor and record vital signs and blood glucose levels while supporting nursing staff in a float pool capacity.
Job Description
Where You’ll Work
CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Patient Care Assistant om the Float Pool, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities. Every day, you will float to a unit where you are needed and 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 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
Required
- High School Graduate or High School GED
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days
- Previous CNA or PCT/PCA experience needed to be successful
Preferred
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) License OR Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Completion of fundamentals of nursing in an accredited RN or LPN program
CHI St. Vincent, a health system serving more than 1 million Arkansans a year, includes primary care, specialty clinics, urgent care, hospitals, home care and rehabilitation. Our coworkers and medical staff number more than 6,000. We are living our mission by providing high quality care, serving those most in need (part of our Catholic heritage) and creating healthier communities. We are not-for-profit and sponsored by the national Catholic Health Initiative (CHI) system.
Founded
1888
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Little Rock, Arkansas
CHI St. Vincent, a health system serving more than 1 million Arkansans a year, includes primary care, specialty clinics, urgent care, hospitals, home care and rehabilitation. Our coworkers and medical staff number more than 6,000. We are living our mission by providing high quality care, serving those most in need (part of our Catholic heritage) and creating healthier communities. We are not-for-profit and sponsored by the national Catholic Health Initiative (CHI) system.
Founded
1888
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Little Rock, Arkansas
