Patient Care Assistant I

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"St. Joseph Health – Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville, TX. Since 1936, St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley. We have a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center, and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring primary care, Express Clinics, and imaging and diagnostic services./span/p Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Performs a variety of routine tasks to support the delivery of safe, effective, cost-efficient patient care as delegated by/spanbr /span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"the RN. They provide assistance in transporting, transferring and lifting. They perform cleaning Functions in patient care/spanbr /span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"unit as delegated, and perform selected diagnostic tests./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Monitors and records vital signs/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Obtains and records daily weight/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter/span/li/ul Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongRequired Licensure and Certifications/strong/span/pullispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"High School Diploma/GED /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"BLS- AHA/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"strongRequired Minimum Skills, Abilities and Training/strong/span/pullispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"Good written/oral communication skills/span/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" Patient Care Experience preffered /span/li/ul