PCA - Medical Surgical Unit (PRN) in Mayfield, KY at Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Posted on: 6 Jan 2021
Mayfield, KY
Job Description
Job Description
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
The role of the PCA is to provide bedside nursing care and treatment within their scope of training.
Observes professional ethics in maintaining confidential information concerning the financial, personal, medical, or employment status of patients/families at JPMC.
Must follow and enforce accepted safety practices for patients and hospital.
Must report safety hazards and initiate appropriate action.
Must participate in safety instructional programs.
Assist or delivers direct patient care including bathing, grooming, feeding, toileting, repositioning, and ambulation with accurate and timely documentation in the medical record of patients.
Demonstrate ability to meet ADL of neonates, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
Obtain vital signs timely as ordered by the physician and documents in the MR. Has knowledge of normal variances in these values for all age groups. Notifies the charge nurse of abnormal values immediately.
Answers call lights without delay and responds to request or relays information in a timely manner.
Assist with transfers of patients.
Prepares room for receiving of patients.
Changes linens as needed.
Make rounds to check status of patients and reports needs or changes in condition to the appropriate nurse.
Assist with the collection of specimens: urine, stool, and sputum.
Ensures patient water pitchers are filled and snacks are offered.
Documents on the nursing progress record, and other patient care forms.
Receives report and gives report to oncoming shift.
Performs CPR and maintains current CPR certification.
Assist with the cleaning of the unit by maintaining cleanliness and organization of supplies.
Prepares patients for discharge.
Performs job duties within their scope of training.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
High SchoolDiploma or GED required. Kentucky Certified Nursing Assistant certificationpreferred. Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Associationrequired. Previous experience with acute care, long term care, and pediatriccare preferred.
Basicrequired skills include; organizational, customer relations, math,grammar/spelling, the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English,the ability to follow written and oral direction, and computer training.
Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran
LifePoint Health, Inc.
Brentwood, TN
Across our network and at our Health Support Center, we are united by a shared mission and vision, core values and guiding principles that drive everything we do and inform our approach to patient care, quality and how we do busine. We know that to achieve our vision of creating places where people choose to come for healthcare, physicians want to practice and employees want to work, we must organize around the right strategies. At LifePoint, our strategies are simple and enduring.
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LifePoint's facilities and practices are divided into four operating divisions: Eastern, Central, Mountain and Western. Each of these divisions has a leadership team that mirrors a hospital's leadership team, including a president and dedicated physician and provider leadership resources.
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Our Health Support Center (HSC), in Brentwood, Tennessee, has subject matter expertise in every area of healthcare operations and provider services. The HSC is organized to bring resources to bear across the continuum of care, from before a patient accesses healthcare services to after they are sent home, while keeping quality and compliance at the center.
On a daily basis, our group leaders and subject matter experts are working with our local markets to help develop and implement the right strategies that ensure healthcare thrives in their communities.
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Physicians are a critical access point to care in our communities. We work to build and maintain collaborative relationships with both our employed physicians and a broad network of affiliated providers, and we provide a full spectrum of practice management and physician support to help secure the delivery of quality care today and for the future.
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