Patient Care Assistant - Post Operative Care Full Time

## WHO WE ARE & WHAT 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. ## HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT **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). **NOTE:** Orientation requires your availability to complete ***Clinical Orientation on your first full week (Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm).*** **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. **Preferred Experience:** - One (1) year of job-related experience preferred. **Required Certification/License/Registry:** - Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. - NOTE: 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. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.*