Patient Care Assistant - Neuro Cardiac IMCU - Full Time Nights

WHO WE ARE \& WHAT WE DO
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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
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**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
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**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).

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*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.*