Patient Care Partner - 6NW - Full Time

Position Summary:

Employee works with other members of the patient care team to deliver care to specific patient populations. The employee will maintain competency for population specific groups with consideration of physical, communication, safety, nutrition, and psychosocial needs.

 

Education, License & Cert:

High School Grad or Equivalent

 

Experience:

Must have successfully completed a CNA training course, or minimum of 1 year experience in a nurse aide or equivalent role or be currently enrolled in a licensed nurse education program and have successfully completed a fundamentals of nursing course.

 

Essential Functions:

Participates in the delivery of patient care for population groups under the direction of an RN/LPN including but not limited to the following:

• Lifting, turning, and positioning patients utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate.
• Observing confused and difficult patients
• AM/PM Hygiene care
• Toileting, shaving, washing, brushing hair, dental and mouth care
• Feeding
• Assisting with range of motion exercises
• Mobilizing patients ‐ transfers and ambulation, utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate and following the Mobility protocol
• Exercise protocols
• Discontinuing foley catheter     
• Simple dressing changes
• Incentive spirometry supervision
• Surgical preps
• Postmortem care
• Administers cleansing enemas
• Removal of peripheral IV catheters
• Sits with confused/disoriented patients or those requiring 1:1 observation for safety/suicide purposes, as assigned
• Performs and records accurately:
• Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, heights and weights
• I & O
• Records bowel movements
• ADLs and activities
• Performs and records the following specimen collection:
• Obtains urine, stool, and sputum specimens for patients; instructs patients in proper specimen collection technique.
• Completes the following support activities.
• Completes EKGs.
• Transports patients as needed
• Serves, sets up and retrieves trays
• Distributes water pitchers as appropriate
• Orders and distributes nourishment.
• Transports equipment
• Transports blood products to and from the patient care area.
• Participates in patient safety/patient satisfaction.
• Answers call bells
• Participates in patient rounding
• Reports any signs of abuse to the nursing staff
• Recognizes, troubleshoots and initiates corrective action needed on equipment.
• Maintains neat and tidy environment (empties laundry, delivers equipment, keeps patient rooms clean and safe).
• Inventories and assures disposition of patients' belongings when admitted, transferred, and/or discharged.
• Assures proper storage of equipment.
• Recognizes emergency situations