PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT

Job description

Overview Patient Care Assistant , Medical-Surgical Unit Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift Roane Medical Center Overview: Proudly serving our community, Roane Medical Center is committed to your healthy future! Our state-of-the-art facility is equipped with modern technologies and expert staff to provide you the best possible patient care. From our quality medical, surgical, emergency and critical care services to our diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation support, you will find the right blends of technical expertise, medical professionalism, and patient quality and satisfaction at Roane Medical Center. Position Summary: Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADL’s and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. May also function as a sitter for patients in need of full-time supervision in the hospital. Responsibilities: - Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements. - Encourage patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as spe...