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Job description
Patient Care Assistant| General Medicine & Oncology-Ellison 16
Working under the direction of licensed personnel, assists patients with activities of daily living tasks such as bathing, dressing, and eating. Also assists with taking patients' temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
Essential Functions:
Performs vital signs, weights/heights, intakes, and outputs with accuracy and within established time frame and/or as requested.
Completes all documentation in the medical record as required.
Interacts with patients and their families effectively.
Helps patients with a number of basic hygiene tasks. This may include bathing and dressing patients, helping them use the toilet if needed, and feeding them.
Assist with helping patients turn and reposition themselves in bed as needed and help them move between the bed and a wheelchair if they use one.
Listens to any health concerns patients may have and report those concerns to the nurses.
Qualifications:
Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred.
Licenses and Credentials: Basic Life Support (BLS) - Generic - HR Only preferred.
Experience: Patient Care Experience 0-1 year preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Understands his/her role in relation to providing patient care activities. Understands hospital, division and unit policies and procedures and utilizes these in providing care. Communicates effectively with the staff and all members of interdisciplinary health care team. Communicates effectively with patients/significant others in providing patient care.
Additional Job Details (if applicable):
Remote Type: Onsite
Work Location: 267 Charles Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20
Employee Type: Regular
Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)
Pay Range: $20.58 - $26.58/Hourly
EEO Statement:
1200 The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources.
Worksite address
boston, MA, 02298, US
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