Job detail

Patient Care Partner - Medical 1 - Per Diem

Guthrie

#CPR Certification #Vital Signs #Healthcare #ADLs #Specimen Collection #Patient Rounding #EKG #Safe Patient Handling #Incentive Spirometry

Quick overview

Deliver direct patient care including hygiene, mobilization, and vital signs monitoring under the direction of nursing staff. Maintain a safe environment and assist with specimen collection and patient transport.

Requirements summary

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent with no prior experience necessary. Must maintain CPR certification and demonstrate strong communication skills.

high schoolOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsPatient CareCPRPatient SafetyVital Signs MonitoringSpecimen CollectionEKGSafe Patient HandlingPatient MobilizationHygiene CareBasic Ostomy Care

Job description

Position Summary

Caregiver works with other members of the patient care team to deliver care to specific patient populations. The employee will maintain competency for population specific groups with consideration of physical, communication, safety, nutrition, and psychosocial needs.

Education, License, & Cert: High School Grad or Equivalent

Experience: No experience required

Essential Functions

Participates in the delivery of patient care for population groups under the direction of an
RN/LPN including but not limited to the following:
Lifting, turning, and positioning patients utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate.
Observing confused and difficult patients
AM/PM Hygiene care
Toileting, shaving, washing, brushing hair, dental and mouth care
Feeding
Assisting with range of motion exercises
Mobilizing patients transfers and ambulation, utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate and following the Mobility protocol
Exercise protocols
Simple dressing changes
Incentive spirometry supervision
Surgical preps
Postmortem care
Sits with confused/disoriented patients or those requiring 1:1 observation for safety/suicide purposes, as assigned
Performs and records accurately:
Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, heights and weights
I & O
Records bowel movements
ADLs and activities
Performs and records the following specimen collection:
Obtains urine, stool, and sputum specimens for patients; instructs patients in proper specimen collection technique.
Completes EKGs.
Basic ostomy care
Transports patients as needed
Serves, sets up and retrieves trays
Distributes water pitchers as appropriate
Orders and distributes nourishment.
Transports equipment
Transports blood products to and from the patient care area.
Participates in patient safety/patient satisfaction.
Answers call bells
Participates in patient rounding
Reports any signs of abuse to the nursing staff
Recognizes, troubleshoots and initiates corrective action needed on equipment.
Maintains neat and tidy environment (empties laundry, delivers equipment, keeps patient rooms clean and safe).
Inventories and assures disposition of patients' belongings when admitted, transferred, and/or discharged.

Other Duties

Assists in the orientation of new personnel and serves as a role model to other employees.
Demonstrates willingness to accept non-routine work assignments as appropriate.
Encouraged to participate in community activities
Attends and participates in unit council (70% attendance).

Pay Range

$17.34 - $24.32 per hour

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Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.