Patient Care Assistant-PACU RoomRequisition ID2024-48054CategoryNursing SupportOverviewFour 10-hour shifts, Monday-Friday, varying days/hours between 7:00am and 8:30pm.45 minute response time required while on call.On call hours required in addition to the FTE for weekends and 1-2 holidays.Benefits eligible. Non-exempt.Must be willing to work Monday through Friday as scheduled. Students must be able to commit to hours as hired.Pay starts at $19 an hour + based on experience.The Patient Care Assistant is responsible for performing basic supportive care to specified patients/families under the direction and supervision of an RN/Care Manager. Collects, documents, and reports data to the RN Care Manager but does not interpret data. Demonstrates competence in providing age-appropriate care and service for pediatric patients from birth to 21 years, and selected adults.Why Nationwide Children's Hospital?The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children's Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose.Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.We're 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we'll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere.Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children's badge what they do for a living. They'll tell you it's More Than a Job. It's a calling. It's a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.Nationwide Children's Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.ResponsibilitiesClinical:1. Collects, documents, and reports the following data:a. Vital signs Temperature (oral, axillary, rectal); pulse (apical and radial); respirations; blood pressure or mean arterial pressure using the non-invasive automatic blood pressure machine.b. Heights, weights, head circumference and abdominal girth.c. Oxygen saturation.d. In the outpatient setting, completes screening questions, transcribing patient or families responses into the medical record such as: i. Allergies ii. Pain iii. Psychosocial iv. Cultural v. Nutrition2. Provides basic supportive care:a. Hygiene: (bath, shampoos, mouth care).b. Bed making and keeping patient room clean and orderlyc. Nutrition: Oral feedings; gravity tube feedings (G-tube, OG or NG-- placement must be checked by a RN or LPN prior to initiation of feeding using an OG or NG tube). When using an enteral feeding pump, the Patient Care Assistant can fill the bag and prime the tubing. The LPN or RN must set the rate and initiate the feeding. Measures intake. Delivers and collects meal trays and record I & O, calorie counts.d. Mobility: Assists with transfer (wheelchair, etc.) Ambulates patients.e. Elimination: Assists with urinary catheter insertion. Performs peri-carefor patients with an indwelling urinary catheter per hospital policy. Empties catheter bag. Measures output (from catheter bag or collection device). Empties urine or stool.f. Provides basic skin