Patient Care Associate: Student Float Pool - Per Diem
Albany Medical Center · Albany, NY, US
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About the Role
The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) works under the direction of a Registered Nurse, collecting patient data, performing personal care, and assisting with patient needs to promote progress toward discharge. This role also involves maintaining a safe environment and potentially serving as an activity companion for patients requiring 1:1 observation. This program is designed for matriculated college students to gain patient care experience in a hospital setting, offering flexibility to work during college breaks or the academic year.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Performs unit-based care with the possibility of floating to other units as needed.
Requirements
- Matriculated into an undergraduate or graduate program.
- Available to work 24 or 36 hours during breaks OR school year.
- Honest, punctual, and performs the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined by AMC and the tenets of the profession.
- Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively with patients, family members, employees, and others.
- Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Skills
- Vital sign collection
- Lab collection
- Patient data collection
- Personal care
- Point of care testing
- Patient mobilization
- Activity companion
- Communication
Location
- Float Pool
Work Type
- Day Shift
Education Level
- Undergraduate program
- Graduate program
Salary/Compensations
- $43,599.00 - $56,679.00
About the Company
- Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.
- This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, 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. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: 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, consistent with Albany Medical Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
- 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. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: 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, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
Equal Opportunity
- Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.
- Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.