St. Luke’s

The Patient Care Assistant is responsible for providing patient care. The Patient Care Assistant participates in data collection, planning, and implementation of patient care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform the following tasks as assigned:
  • Vital signs
  • Intake and output measurements
  • EKGs
  • Glucometry
  • Phlebotomy
  • Specimen collection
  • Documentation for all assigned resbonsibilities
• Follow treatment plan as directed by licensed personnel
• Perform necessary functions to ensure patient comfort and satisfaction with service
• Perform patient mobilization using appropriate and proper body mechanics and assistive devices
• Accept responsibility for providing safe, appropriate, quality patient care
• Communicate changes in patients’ conditions and unit concerns with the unit based team
• Restock unit supplies as needed
• Perform equipment checks and unit specific maintenance duties as appropriate to unit
• Take an active role in unit based performance improvement
• Maintain awareness of unit budget
• Maintain responsibility for own professional development through active participation during in-services and/or continuing education programs, as well as timely completion of competencies
• Assist in orienting and educating new staff

Physical/Sensory Requirements:

Sit up to 7 hours per day; 1 hour at a time. Stand up for up to 10 hours per day; 8 hours at a time. Walk 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time. Consistently lift, carry, and push objects up to 10 lbs. Occasionally lift, carry, and push objects up to 75 lbs. Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via wheelchair, bed, and/or stretcher. Frequently stoop and bend. Frequently reach above shoulder level. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision.

Training and Experience:

Individualized orientation program for all areas. Obtain BLS certification within sixty (60) days of employment or transfer to position. Basic computer skills required. Attend St. Luke’s University Health Network APC and MT courses or demonstrate evidence of previous training determined through competency testing.