Patient Care Assistant II Mother Baby

Overview

Saint Joseph East is a 217-bed full-service community hospital located in the rapidly growing southeastern section of Lexington Kentucky. We provide care for patients in Fayette and surrounding counties. At Saint Joseph East ambulatory surgery 24-hour emergency care and women's health services are supported through a vast array of inpatient and outpatient program. Additional specialty services include Heart Care Breast Care Sleep Care and Weight Loss Surgery. CHI Saint Joseph Health supports 5000 active employees 8 hospitals specialty clinics and a Medical Group with more than 200 locations across Central and Eastern KY. 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.

Responsibilities

Job Summary / Purpose

Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning Functions in patient care unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• 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

• Reports changes in patient's status promptly to RN

• Performs as patient care companion when needed

• Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process

• Performs unit housekeeping needs

• Acts 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

• Communicates with patient's family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner

• Acts as receptionist for unit; has limited use of the hospital information systems according to hospital policy dependent on the need of unit. This can include, but not limited to: consulting in Cerner, navigate through Cerner, discharge patients, put milestones into tele tracking, maintain paper charts and checking on MD orders

• Removes saline locks

• Order floor stock and puts it away

• Perform 12 lead EKGs where unit allows

• Other duties as assigned by manager

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

High School Diploma/GED

Required Licensure and Certifications

BLS

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

Good written/oral communication skills

Completion of PCA II Orientation CBO Checkoff

Preferred Qualifications

One (1) year direct patient care experience