Patient Care Assistant -Pediatrics - Full Time

About Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare

WE DO Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia.

We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only: Level II Trauma Center Primary Stroke Center Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Pediatric Intensive Care The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

Responsibilities

• Your Role: Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Assistant performs a variety of routine duties involving: Care of medically ill acute or sub-acute patients.
• Performs direct patient care.
• Observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients.
• Provides a clean and safe environment.
• Additional Responsabilities of a Patient Care Assistant are: Assisting with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, oral and denture care, skin and nail care, bed making, and maintaining a clean environment.).
• Promoting and maintaining mobility (ambulating, transferring, transporting, turning, positioning, lifting, and performing range of motion exercises).
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
• Assisting with toileting and elimination (assisting with the use of bedpan/urinal/bedside commode, providing catheter care, and care of the incontinent patient).
• Performs data gathering and recognizes abnormal findings (measures and records vital signs, weight, oral intake, output including urine, emesis, and stool).
• Orientation requires your availability to complete Clinical Orientation on your first full week (Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm).

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• BLS certification is required prior to performing patient care.
• Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) may provide the opportunity for BLS certification training on-site as part of clinical orientation (as needed). - Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace.

Preferred

• One (1) year of job-related experience preferred.

Reports To

Registered Nurse (RN)/Nurse Manager [JC 031001] and/or RN/Assistant Nurse Manager [JC 030303] Supervises: None WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO APPLY Required Education: None Required Experience: None NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.

All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.