Patient Care Assistant (PCA) - Med Surg

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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

20

Why Youll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky Indiana and Ohio. Were guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence integrity compassion and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

- Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.

- Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules

- Retirement savings with employer match

- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

- Wellness mental health and recognition programs

- Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Patient Care Assistant (PCA) for our Med Surg Unit located within the Ft. Thomas Hospital.

Shift/Hours: This position consists of one 7:00AM to 7:00PM day shift and one 7:00AM to 3:00PM day shift totaling 20 hours per week. The schedule includes every other weekend and participation in one of the holiday rotation groups.

Holiday Group 1: Easter Independence Day (July 4) Thanksgiving Christmas Eve and New Years Day.

Holiday Group 2: Memorial Day Labor Day Christmas Day and New Years Eve.

Job Description:

The best nursing career starts here.

Join our Patient Care Assistant team and find out what it means to be Right Here.

Starting your PCA career at St. Elizabeth means youll enjoy the culture compensation and benefits you want while receiving the support you need to advance your career. Youll get on-the-job training paid time for classroom and clinical orientation and individualized clinical orientation with a preceptor based upon experience.

With five Magnet-recognized facilities and a tradition of excellence unmatched in our region St. Elizabeth is a place where PCAs can flourish and where their commitment to patients is mirrored by our administrations commitment to them. Come see why we continue to be one of the most highly awarded health systems in our region.

The PCA is responsible for coordinating and maintaining the clerical functions and duties of a designated unit/program.

• Utilizes Customer Service skills when greeting patient/visitors and answering telephone.
• Demonstrates the ability to complete worklist tasks triggered by physician orders or nurse-generated tasks under the direct supervision of licensed nursing personnel.
• Provides direct and indirect patient care activities under the direction of a RN or LPN.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living provides for personal care comfort and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment for an assigned group of patients.

Qualifications

Education Credentials Licenses:

• High school Diploma / GED

Specialized Knowledge:

• Ability to perform such tasks as vital signs

• Demonstrates knowledge of body mechanics

• General computer skills and applications

Kind and Length of Experience:

• Customer service experience

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If youre looking for the right careers in healthcare the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us and youll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.

Required Experience:

Junior IC