Patient Care Assistant I
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Job overview
Catholic Health Initiatives is hiring a Patient Care Assistant I. The Patient Care Assistant supports patients by assisting with daily activities such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also helping nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and room preparation. The role requires a genuine desire to help patients feel safer and more comfortable.
Key focus areas include Provide direct patient care as delegated by RN staff, Monitor and record vital signs, and Assist in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs.
Preferred (not required): Patient Care, Vital Signs Monitoring, Personal Hygiene Assistance, and Mobility Assistance.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.
Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms.
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.
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Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
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Monitors and records vital signs
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Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
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Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
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Obtains and records daily weight
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Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
Job Requirements Required
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High School Graduate, upon hire or
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High School GED, upon hire and
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Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Preferred
- Prior Experience, upon hire
Where You'll Work
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital is a 25 bed critical access hospital in Madisonville, Texas offering a Level IV Trauma Center, IP and OP services, therapy, emergency care, skilled nursing care, injury treatment and more.
Accredited by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and designated as a Level III Support Stroke Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Pay Range
$15.00 - $20.63 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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