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Patient Care Assistant- Diabetes Medical Care

TMH
Tallahassee, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/14/2025

WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides advanced care to a 21-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with nearly 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
  • Joint Commission Comprehensive 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, four residency programs and nearly 40 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 .
  • 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 complete Clinical 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 :

  • NoneNOTE : 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).
  • 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.

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