Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Patient Care Assistant, you'll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.
Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms.
Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals. You're diligent about your tasks, observant of patients' conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well.
Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff
Monitors and records vital signs
Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs
Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output
Obtains and records daily weight
Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter
Job Requirements Required
High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
High School GED General Studies, upon hire and
graduated from an accredited school of nursing or 1 year direct patient care experience , upon hire
Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Where You'll Work
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital is a 25 bed critical access hospital in Madisonville, Texas offering a Level IV Trauma Center, IP and OP services, therapy, emergency care, skilled nursing care, injury treatment and more.
Accredited by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and designated as a Level III Support Stroke Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Pay Range
$16.06 - $22.69 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
