UofL Health

UofL Health

Patient Care Assistant, Multiple Facilities, Days and Nights Available

Louisville, Kentucky

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About the role

  • Market St.Louisville, KY 40202 Shift: Job Description Summary: Come join our team!
  • We currently have openings for PCA's and PCA/UC's at UofL Hospital, Jewish Hospital, Frazier Rehabilitation Institute, Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, and more!
  • We also have both day and night shifts available.

Responsibilities

  • The Clinical Assistant provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the supervision and delegation of the Registered Nurse.
  • May perform skills, within scope of practice for unlicensed assistive personnel.
  • Performs functional assignments per unit standards of care, including such activities as patient admission and discharge procedures, unit environmental organizational tasks, and others as appropriate to service
  • Performs and documents point-of-care testing, patient mobility and exercise, comfort, rest, sleep and care needs, patient hygiene, grooming, dressing, skincare, dietary, toileting and elimination needs

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent (required)

Nice to have

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)
  • State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (preferred)

Skills

  • Communicates performance of these skills to the patient's Registered Nurse and other members of the healthcare team

Benefits

  • With more than 12,000 team members-physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals-UofL
  • Performs clerical duties; use of a fax machine, computers, medical transcription, telephone, and copy machines may be required
  • Participates in training, development and continuing education activities to improve role functioning Responsible for knowing and demonstrating National Patient Safety standards.

Company info

  • The Clinical Assistant adheres to and is supportive of the hospital and the department of Nursing mission and philosophy.

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