Patient Care Assistant - Chicago, United States - Humboldt Park Health

Humboldt Park Health
Humboldt Park Health
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Chicago, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Position Summary:


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Assists with patient care based on the individual patient needs, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Duties include, but are not limited to delegated aspects of ageappropriate patient care, taking vital signs, basic interviewing, and examination of patients monitoring patients.
  • Maintains an organized working system in the department through accurate documentation, orderly filing, and by ensuring appropriate departments receive the paperwork documentation required for patient care delivery.
  • Effectively moves patients, supplies and equipment in a safe and timely manner.
  • Consistently provides quality patient care and is proactive in providing service to the patients.
  • Communicates effectively with other health care workers, physicians, patients and their families/friends.
  • Completes appropriate competencies, including but not limited to competencies which must be validated by a member of the Department of Excellence/Nurse Education, which would be deemed essential to the functions of a register professional nurse, such as, but not limited to: peripheral blood draws, intravenous starts, Foley insertion, wound dressing change.
  • Assists in stocking supplies in the department and patient care rooms.

Qualifications:


  • Must have completed 1 year of Nursing School, with a minimum of 1 clinical rotation
  • Required BLS certification
  • Preferred CNA Certificate or EMT/Paramedic license

Education:
Required

  • Some college or better
Preferred

  • Technical/other training or better

Licenses & Certifications:
Required

  • BLSI BasicLifeSupt Instr

Behaviors:
Required

  • Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Preferred

  • Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
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