Patient Care Assistant Med Surg 5 Full Time Nights

Overview

Welcome to Saint Joseph London, a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926. Located on a 52 acre healing environment, Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).

Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experience Hello Humankindness with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our team members well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance such as:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs with matching
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Mental Health resources for you and your family
• Wellness Program with rewards up to $450
• Tuition Reimbursement for future career growth and development
• Adoption Assistance
• Voluntary Protection: Accident, Critical Illness, Identify Theft and Pet Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits to support adult and child care needs
• Employer Discounts
• Relocation Assistance*
• Employee Referral Bonuses up to $7,500*
• Sign-on Bonuses up to $10,000*
• Education Assistance (student loan payoff) up to $24,000*
• for eligible hires
  
  
  

Learn more about CHI Saint Joseph London and its awards and recognitions here: CHI Saint Joseph London

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

Responsibilities

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

• Other duties as assigned by manager
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required Education:

• High School Diploma, GED or SRNA.
  
  
  

Required Licensure:

• BLS
  
  
  

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

and Training:

• Healthcare experience preferred
  
  
  

Pay Range

$15.92 - $22.78 /hour