Patient Care Assistant Operating Room FT Days - CommonSpirit Health

As a Patient Care Assistant at CHI Saint Joseph Health you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.

Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You’re diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well. 

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Check-in with the outgoing patient care assistant at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.
• Conduct hourly rounds checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.
• Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside.
• Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients.
• Assist the bedside nurse as needed such as: holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies, and cleaning up after.
• Help the bedside nurse with any wound checks or dressing changes. 
• Change bed linens, check patients’ weight, other tasks as assigned each day.

Incentives:

We're offering a $3,000 sign on bonus for new hires that meet eligilbiity requirements.

About Us:

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes theWomen's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experienceHello Humankindness with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our team members well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance such as:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs with matching
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Mental Health resources for you and your family
• Wellness Program with rewards up to $450
• Tuition Reimbursement for future career growth and development
• Adoption Assistance
• Voluntary Protection: Accident, Critical Illness, Identify Theft and Pet Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability 
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits to support adult and child care needs
• Employer Discounts
• Relocation Assistance*
• Employee Referral Bonuses up to $7,500*
• Sign-on Bonuses up to $10,000*
• Education Assistance (student loan payoff) up to $24,000*

*for eligible hires

Learn more about Saint Joseph East and it's awards and recognitions here:Saint Joseph East

Required Education:

• High School Diploma, GED or SRNA

Required Licensure and Certifications:

• BLS via the American Heart Association

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training:

• Healthcare experience preferred