Patient Care Assistant - Surgical Observation

WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO:

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only:* Level II Trauma Center

• Primary Stroke Center
  
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
  
• Pediatric Intensive Care
  
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.
  

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Your Role:

Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Assistant performs a variety of routine duties involving:* Care of medically ill acute or sub-acute patients.

• Performs direct patient care.
  
• Observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients.
  
• Provides a clean and safe environment.
  

Additional Responsabilities of a Patient Care Assistant are:

• Assisting with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, oral and denture care, skin and nail care, bed making, and maintaining a clean environment.).
  
• Promoting and maintaining mobility (ambulating, transferring, transporting, turning, positioning, lifting, and performing range of motion exercises).
  
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
  
• Assisting with toileting and elimination (assisting with the use of bedpan/urinal/bedside commode, providing catheter care, and care of the incontinent patient).
  
• Performs data gathering and recognizes abnormal findings (measures and records vital signs, weight, oral intake, output including urine, emesis, and stool).
  

NOTE: Orientation requires your availability to completeClinical Orientation on your first full week (Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm). Reports To:* Registered Nurse (RN)/Nurse Manager [JC 031001] and/or RN/Assistant Nurse Manager [JC 030303]

Supervises:* None

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO APPLY:

Required Education:* None

Required Experience:* None

+ NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.

Preferred Experience:* One (1) year of job-related experience preferred.

Required Certification/License/Registry:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
  

+ NOTE: BLS certification is required prior to performing patient care. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) may provide the opportunity for BLS certification training on-site as part of clinical orientation (as needed).

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Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.