LPN 5B Telemetry FT Days
2 days ago
Overview
As a Patient Care Assistant at CHI Saint Joseph Health you'll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.
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.
Key Responsibilities Include:
* Check-in with the outgoing patient care assistant at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.
* Conduct hourly rounds checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.
* Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.
* Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients.
* Assist the bedside nurse as needed such as: holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies, and cleaning up after.
* Help the bedside nurse with any wound checks or dressing changes.
* Change bed linens, check patients' weight, other tasks as assigned each day.
Incentives:
We're offering a $3,000 sign on bonus for new hires that meet eligilbiity requirements.
About Us:
Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the poor and underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.
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 Saint Joseph Hospital and it's awards and recognitions here: Saint Joseph Hospital
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
1. Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
2. Monitors and records vital signs
3. Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
4. Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
5. Obtains and records daily weight
6. Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
7. Reports changes in patient's status promptly to RN
8. Performs as patient care companion when needed
9. Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge process
10. Performs unit housekeeping needs
11. Acts as a runner/transporter
12. Checks and documents refrigerator temperatures as delegated, reporting variances to appropriate personnel
13. Updates assigned bed status
14. Maintains a safe environment by responding to all bed alarms, call lights, telephones and alerting the correct person.
15. 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
16. Communicates with patient's family, physicians, and unit personnel and peers in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner
17. Other duties as assigned by manager
The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education:
* High School Diploma, GED or SRNA
Required Licensure and Certifications:
* BLS via the American Heart Association
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training:
* Healthcare experience preferred
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