SLH Patient Care Assistant
Company: Alameda Health System
Location: San Leandro
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary SUMMARY: Under close supervision, the Patient Care
Assistant performs a variety of para-professional nursing tasks
relating to the care and treatment of patients in the hospital or
clinic. Performs routine duties to meet the needs of patients in
order to provide safe, quality care. Performs related duties as
required. DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: NOTE: The following are
the duties performed by employees in this classification, however,
employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level.
- Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each
individual in the classification.
1. - Takes preventative measures in providing patient care.
Protects skin & mucous membranes. 2. - Protects patients from falls
or other contact injuries. Uses positioning &/or exercise to
prevent injury or the complications of immobility. Maintains call
light within patient's reach & uses designated communication
mechanism for patients w/impaired hearing, speaking skills or
language barriers. 3. - Assists patients with meals, personal
hygiene and incontinent care. - Assist licensed staff in giving
cleansing and retention enemas to patients. -Assist in
catheterization and bladder irrigation. Assists registered nurse
and licensed vocational nurses in administering treatment and other
nursing tasks as needed. - Takes patients' vital signs
(temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure). - Performs
routine tests such as urine dip stick, urine pregnancy test. -
Reports findings to supervising personnel. - Administers simple
range of motion exercises. - Assists in application of traction
devices. - Positions and drapes patients for examination or
treatment. - Transports patients to other areas of the hospital in
wheelchair or gurneys. 4. - Promptly answers call lights promptly
and administers to patient comfort and safety by adjusting beds,
lights, bed rails, pillows, patients' clothing and bedside
tables/equipment. - Observes and reports any deviation in patients'
condition/status. - Keeps patient areas clean and orderly. 5. -
Obtains and sets up suction equipment. -Turns and positions
patients. -Assists patients to and from wheelchairs and gurneys.
-Assists patients with ambulation. 6. - When assigned as a sitter,
responsible for but not limited to protecting the
patient(s)/resident(s) from harm and assisting in meeting their
emotional and physical needs through one-to-one continuous
observation. Provide ongoing observation and basic patient care.
Educate patients on health related topics or discharge information
per scope of duties. 7. - When assigned to an outpatient setting,
prepares examination room, ensuring that it is stocked with the
necessary supplies, equipment and instruments for the type of
clinic to be held. - Weighs, takes and documents patients' vital
signs. -Assists physicians or mid level practitioners during the
examinations as directed. -Collects, labels and takes specimens to
the lab. -Assists in the maintenance of a clean and well supplied
clinical area. -Stock shelves and monitors expiration of medical
supplies and medications. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education: High
School diploma or GED with additional training a minimum. College
graduate preferred. - Minimum Experience: Six months
para-professional nursing training as a Hospital Services Trainee
with AHS or the equivalent of one year full-time recent experience
performing work comparable to a Nursing Assistant in a hospital or
medical facility. - Required Licenses/Certifications: BLS - Basic
Life Support Certification issued by the American Heart
Association. Other advanced life support certifications may be
required per unit/department specialty according to patient care
policies. - Required Licenses/Certifications: CPI -Crisis
Prevention Intervention Training (required for certain positions in
the Emergency Department). - Required Licenses/Certifications:
Current Nursing Assistant certification.
San Leandro Hospital
SLH Med Surg Second Floor
Part Time
Night
Nursing
FTE: 0.6
Keywords: Alameda Health System, San Leandro , SLH Patient Care Assistant, Other , San Leandro, California
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