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PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT

Covenant Health (Tennessee)

Overview

Patient Care Assistant, Medical Unit

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift

LeConte Medical Center Overview:

LeConte Medical Center is a part of Covenant Health, our region’s top-performing healthcare network and is a 79-bed community hospital located in the heart of Sevier County. We’re a full-service, not-for-profit hospital delivering modern medicine and compassionate care to the growing Sevier County community. LeConte offers a full range of health services, including top-tier specialists, a modern ER, and a beautiful Women’s Center. Learn more about our amazing facility at

Position Summary:

Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADL’s and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. May also function as a sitter for patients in need of full-time supervision in the hospital.

Responsibilities

  • Follows established hospital and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program and safety standards.

  • Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements.

  • Encourage patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care.

  • Ambulate, and assist patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary.

  • Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling and passing out water pitchers,

  • Provides morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed.

  • Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.

  • Assists in maintaining a safe environment, which may include reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.

  • Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.

  • Empty & clean ostomy bag, per procedure.

  • Collect urine, stool and sputum specimen as ordered.

  • Perform tasks such as ROM, assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.

  • Perform phlebotomy (requires additional training). To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.

  • Perform EKG (requires special training).

  • Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.

  • Report significant changes in patients' condition to RN.

  • Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.

  • Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job.

  • Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.

  • Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement.

  • Checks for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside

  • Ambulate patients with oxygen.

  • Set up suction equipment and check for proper function.

  • Demonstrates ability to perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.

  • Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

  • Must be trained and willing to function in a Sitter capacity for patients who need full-time supervision in the hospital.

  • Performs other duties as assigned. Not to exceed scope of practice.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED.

Minimum Experience:

Must successfully complete Covenant’s orientation and Nursing Assistant in-house training program before being permitted to work with patients.

Licensure Requirement:

CPR required.

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Job Title PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT

ID 4533155

Facility LeConte Medical Center

Department Name MEDICAL UNIT

Vacancy posted 23 hours ago
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