Patient Care Assistant I
US-TX-LUFKIN
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 449581
Type: Day
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Overview: St. Luke's Health-Memorial paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. With hospitals in Lufkin Livingston and San Augustine St. Luke's Health-Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year. Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others - with a patient-first mindset. Keen assessment skills, critical thinking, and a sense of urgency support your career advancement and you thrive in a fast-paced clinical environment where you will rarely experience the same day twice. CHI St. Luke's Health Memorial is a 271 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around [Lufkin / Texas]. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents. If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us. While you're busy impacting the healthcare industry, we'll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, and adoption assistance. 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 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 Qualifications: Required * High School Graduate, upon hire or * High School GED, upon hire and * Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days Preferred * Prior Experience, upon hire
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