Experienced Patient Care Assistant, Network Float - Central Staffing, (Full Time, Part Time)

SHIFT DETAILS:   

Available positions based on network needs for Evening or Night shift only.

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• Full time, 36 or 40 hours per week   

• Part time, less than 36 hours per week   

• Holiday and weekend requirements per unit and company policies  

• All positions (including per diem) must have the ability to complete 6 consecutive business days of initial orientation as well as required unit orientation  

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Performs the following tasks as assigned: Vital signs, Intake and output measurements, EKGs, Glucometry, Phlebotomy, Specimen collection, Documentation for all assigned responsibilities. 

• Follows treatment plan as directed by licensed personnel.  

• Performs necessary functions to ensure patient comfort and satisfaction with service.

• Performs patient mobilization using appropriate and proper body mechanics and assistive device.

• Accepts responsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care. 

• Communicates changes in patients’ conditions and unit concerns with the unit based team.  

• Maintains responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs as well as timely completion of competencies. 

• Assists in orienting and educating new staff. 

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: 

Sit up to 7 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.  Stand for up to 10 hours per day; 8 hours at a time.  Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.  Consistently lift, carry and push objects up to 10 lbs.  Occasionally lift, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs.  Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via wheelchair, bed and/or stretcher.  Frequently stoop and bend.  Frequently reach above should level.  Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.  Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies.  Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision. 

EDUCATION: 

High School diploma or equivalent required. Health care specialty training preferred. 

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: 

One year of recent experience in an in-patient acute care setting (hospital). Individualized orientation program for all areas. Obtain BLS certification within sixty (60) days of employment or transfer to position. Basic computer skills required. Attend St. Luke’s University Health Network APC and MT courses or evidence of previous training determined through competency testing.