Patient Care Associate, Certified - FlexStaff - Per Diem/Contract - Nassau County

Company: Northwell Health
Location: Plainview
Posted on: November 16, 2023

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

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• Assists with the unit's admission and discharge processes.
  
• Establishes good interpersonal relationships with families/visitors and hospital staff.
  
• Reports vital information to all levels of the healthcare team, as needed.
  
• Conveys needed information to patients and visitors.
  
• Maintains good communication with co-workers for proper team functioning.
  
• Communicates pertinent patient observations to members of the health care team.
  
• Performs direct patient care as assigned for designated group of patients.
  
• Obtains and documents patient vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, respirations, pulse, weight, and height) using appropriate equipment.
  
• Apprises the Registered Nurse and health care team of any observed significant changes in the patient's condition.
  
• Communicates written and verbal information.
  
• Responds to patient requests and/or call light.
  
• Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families in accordance with hospital standards.
  
• Functions in an emergency situation as a team member with guidance from supervisory personnel.
  
• Assists with restrained patients according to established policy.
  
• Performs grade I and II decubitus care, as directed.
  
• Performs activities of daily living appropriate to patient's condition.
  
• Uses proper body mechanics, obtains help and/or uses appropriate equipment when lifting, moving or transferring patients from bed to chair, putting them on stretchers and assisting them into wheelchairs.
  
• Performs delegated patient care procedures.
  
• Obtains and labels specimens, and performs certain diagnostic tests consistent with established procedures, as directed.
  
• Performs phlebotomy procedures.
  
• Performs telemetry and electrocardiograms, as directed.
  
• Uses clinical knowledge in the care and management of patients based on diagnoses and the unit assigned.
  
• Performs related duties, as required.
  
  
  Qualifications:
  * High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
  * Nursing Assistant Certificate with proficiency in performing EKG and Phlebotomy, required.
  * Minimum one (1) year of direct patient care experience, required.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  *Additional Salary Detail
  
  
  The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

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