Patient Care Assistant : Adult Medical Unit - Ball Direct Admit ( PRN )
Company: Indiana University Health
Location: Muncie
Posted on: June 20, 2022
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Job Description:
Overview
We are looking for team members who are passionate about
challenging and significant work for the good of every patient. We
are searching for individuals who are compassionate, serve with a
purpose, are dedicated to supporting their team, and who seek
excellence every day.
Sound like a perfect match? Apply now - we cant wait to hear from
you!
As a bedside caregiver, IU Health is seeking a Patient Care
Technician (also known as a Patient Care Assistant or PCA) who will
provide a phenomenal patient experience by anticipating the needs
of patients such as providing drinks, assisting with meal ordering,
encouraging walking, assisting with baths, and providing clean
linens and gowns.
Our PCAs have compassion for our patients, a caring bedside manner,
and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment. They will
provide clinical assistance to the bedside RN by obtaining vital
signs and reporting abnormalities or changes in a patients behavior
to the primary RN or charge nurse in order to detect and provide
rapid treatment. A PCA always keeps patients safe by utilizing
safety measures such as gait belts, bed and chair alarms, and
staying within arms reach of patients when moving around. If you
are seeking a role where you can provide meaningful care to IU
Health patients, we want to hear from you.
As part of an award-winning hospital system, our roles include:
Apply teamwork. Apply experience. Apply skill. Apply yourself. And
together we can change everything.
Requires current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA
or attainment at the completion of the IU Health PCA education
program. Other advanced life support certifications may be required
per unit/department specialty according to patient care
policies.
Requires knowledge of care appropriate to the age and developmental
level of the patients served.
Requires up to date knowledge of procedures and standards related
to patient care activities.
Requires proficiency in interpersonal and communication skills.
Requires constant mental awareness and the ability to withstand a
high level of tension and stress.
Requires ability to maintain concentration when subjected to
frequent and varied interruptions and variable noise levels.
Requires ability to exercise judgment and initiative in the
resolution of problems encountered.
Requires ability to set priorities and manage a high workload
within a limited time for completion.
Requires knowledge of procedures; equipment; software and standards
related to patient care activities that non-licensed role performs
(for example PCA/PCR/PCI).
Requires knowledge of principles of infection control.
Requires ability to perform physically demanding; repetitious
movements.
Requires ability to read and perform basic math.
Requires ability to organize tasks and attend to details.
Requires knowledge of principles of good personal hygiene and
aseptic techniques to prevent infection of patients; self; and
others. REQNUMBER: 331689
Keywords: Indiana University Health, Muncie , Patient Care Assistant : Adult Medical Unit - Ball Direct Admit ( PRN ), Healthcare , Muncie, Indiana
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