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About the Role
The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) works under the direction of the Registered Nurse, collecting patient data, performing personal care, and assisting with patient needs with a focus on progress toward discharge. PCAs are trained in technical procedures like blood draws and ECGs, and promote resource availability for patient care. They also participate in maintaining a safe environment and may serve as activity companions for observation patients.
Responsibilities
- Collects patient data, completes personal care, and performs point of care testing.
- Performs technical procedures such as blood draw and electrocardiography.
- Promotes the availability of resources for patient care through collaboration with Materiel’s Coordinators.
- Participates in the creation and maintenance of a clean, orderly, and safe environment of care.
- May provide the service of activity companion for patients requiring observation.
- Assists in the delivery of patient care provided by the caregiving team.
- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient’s health or situation, including vital signs, height and weight, and food and fluid intake and output.
- Reports abnormal findings to the RN and patient care team.
- Participates in care planning and the nursing report process.
- Incorporates patient/family rights to participate in decision making about their care.
- Utilizes standardized techniques for keeping patients and families informed.
- Provides personal care to patients including bathing, oral care, and skin care.
- Assists the patient with eating and hydration, grooming, dressing, and toileting.
- Incorporates safe patient handling into basic restorative care such as ambulation, range of motion and use of assistive and prosthetic devices.
- Employs strategies to promote a clean, orderly, and safe environment.
- Demonstrates standard and transmission-based precautions and infection control techniques.
- Provides details related to patient progress toward the achievement of goals and outcomes to the RN.
- Documents all care in the patient record.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Honest, punctual, and performs the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct.
- Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively with patients, family members, employees and others.
- Regularly required to stand, walk, use of hands for various job functions, and occasionally required to sit, kneel, or crouch.
- Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties.
- Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose.
- Reasonable efforts shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
Skills
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology is preferred.
- 6 months related experience in a health care setting or completion of certified nurse assistant course and/or experience as a paramedic, emergency technician is desired.
Location
- Night (United States of America)
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $43,599.00 - $56,679.00
About the Company
- Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.
- This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes.
Equal Opportunity
- Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.