Patient Care Assistant II Ortho PRN Days - CHI Mercy Health : Job Details

Check-in with the outgoing patient care assistant at the beginning of your shift to get a report on your patients. Conduct hourly rounds checking vitals, maintaining whiteboard information, and assisting with care as needed. Assist patients with ambulating as necessary. This may mean helping them reach a recliner in their room, walk to the bathroom, or down the hall. Assist released patients in getting safely to their vehicles outside. Assist patients with hygiene needs. This can include a full bed bath, an assisted bed bath, or retrieving towels and soap for ambulatory patients. Assist the bedside nurse as needed such as: holding the patient or providing the nurse with supplies, and cleaning up after. Help the bedside nurse with any wound checks or dressing changes. Change bed linens, check patients weight, other tasks as assigned each day. About Us:Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first Hospital in Lexi...Patient Care, RN, Patient, Assistant, Hospital, Healthcare