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Patient Care Assistant

Patient Care Assistant

Common Spirit HealthSherwood, AR, US
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Patient Care Assistant

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.

As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all. To learn more about a calling that defines and unites, please click here for more information about our mission, vision, and values.

As our Patient Care Assistant at CHI St Vincent, 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. You know we're all continuously trying to become better care providers, and you're eager to learn.

  • Check-in with the outgoing patient care techs at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients.
  • Conduct hourly rounds on patients, checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed.
  • Assist patients with ambulation 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.
  • Help the nurse with tube insertions such as an NG tube, rectal tube, or catheter. You may be holding a cup of water, holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies as needed, and cleaning up after.
  • Change bed linens, check patients' weight, and other tasks as assigned each day.

Job Requirements :

  • High school diploma or GED Required
  • One of the following criteria must be met :
  • Certified Nursing Assistant / EMT, or
  • Completion of "Fundamentals of Nursing" in an accredited RN or LPN Nursing Program, or
  • Minimum of 6 months of direct patient care in an acute care environment within the last 24 months, or
  • Verifiable Certified Patient Care Tech, CPCT, issued by American Allied Health
  • CPR Certification from the American Heart Association required within 30 days of hire
  • CHI St. Vincent North is a 69 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Sherwood, AR. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.

    If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

    Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.

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    Patient Care Assistant • Sherwood, AR, US