Overview

　　Patient Care Assistant, Ortho-Neuro Unit

　　PRN/OCC, Hours vary, Day Shift

　　Parkwest Overview:

　　Since admitting our first patient in 1973, Parkwest has been at the vanguard of healthcare in East Tennessee. We are an eight-time Top 100 Heart Hospital and have received multiple awards for excellence in emergency care, clinical practice, and patient satisfaction. Learn more about our professional accolades.

　　Ortho-Neuro Unit:

　　Parkwest’s 3 Dogwood houses our Orthopedic Center of Excellence and Bariatric Center of Excellence. It consists of 36 beds inside our most recent expansion, the Dogwood Tower, which opened in December 2019. 3 Dogwood is a fast-paced unit that treats post-surgical joint replacements, spine interventions, and bariatric surgical patients.

　　A typical day on this unit may include pain management and drain monitoring to mobilizing a patient day-of surgery and sending them home! Parkwest’s orthopedic and spine program have been recognized both nationally and regionally for excellent outcomes and outstanding quality. The most engaging part about 3 Dogwood is the teamwork. Nurses on our orthopedic-spine, bariatric unit are members of an integral team of health professionals including RNs, LPNs, SNAs, CNAs, HUCs, PTs, OTs and Clinical Dietitians. As a unit, they all work very closely together to make the patients their number one focus and to provide excellent patient care and outcomes.

　　We utilize a preferred self-scheduling module that covers a six week period to allow for flexibility. Staff rotate every other major holiday and weekend. 3 Dogwood welcome’s staff members of varying experiences, from new graduates to the experienced healthcare professional. We have a supportive environment and orientation is tailored to your needs. Come join our amazing team on 3 Dogwood!

　　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.

　　Recruiter:Jennifer Gordon || [email protected] || 865-374-8107

　　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 specified by Plan of Care.

　　Ambulate, and assist patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary.

　　Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling and passing out water pitchers,

　　Provides morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed.

　　Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output.

　　Assists in maintaining a safe environment, which may include reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies.

　　Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices.

　　Empty & clean ostomy bag, per procedure.

　　Collect urine, stool and sputum specimen as ordered.

　　Perform tasks such as ROM, assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care.

　　Perform phlebotomy (requires additional training). To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking.

　　Perform EKG (requires special training).

　　Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests.

　　Report significant changes in patients' condition to RN.

　　Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment.

　　Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job.

　　Document/maintain patient record as appropriate.

　　Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement.

　　Checks for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside

　　Ambulate patients with oxygen.

　　Set up suction equipment and check for proper function.

　　Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for age-specific needs of the population served.

　　Demonstrates ability to perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist.

　　Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

　　Performs other duties as assigned.

　　Qualifications

　　Minimum Education:

　　None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED.

　　Minimum Experience:

　　None.

　　Licensure Requirement:

　　CPR required

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　　Job Title PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT

　　ID 3921228

　　Facility Parkwest Medical Center

　　Department Name ORTHO-NEURO UNIT