Patient Care Assistant - Internal Medicine Unit

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides advanced care to a 21-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with nearly 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the region’s healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region’s only:

• Level II Trauma Center
• Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, four residency programs and nearly 40 affiliated physician practices.

The Internal Medicine Unit is a 39-bed unit specializing in medical-surgical patients with pulmonary, telemetry monitoring or other medical-surgical needs. We provide care for adolescent to geriatric patients experiencing chronic and acute episodes from a variety of illnesses and conditions.  

 
Our patients often have a combination of needs or complications that require the care team to have a wide range of skills and abilities. As a culture-driven team, we strive to exhibit integrity, compassion, accountability, responsibility and excellence in the delivery of Patient Care. 

Job Summary:

Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Assistantperforms a variety of routine duties involving:

• Care of medically ill acute or sub-acute patients.
• Performs direct Patient Care.
• Observes and reports changes in the behavior and physical status of patients.
• Provides a clean and safe environment.

Adittional Responsabilities of a Patient Care Assistant are: 

• Assisting with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, oral and denture care, skin and nail care, bed making, and maintaining a clean environment.).
• Promoting and maintaining mobility (ambulating, transferring, transporting, turning, positioning, lifting, and performing range of motion exercises).
• Assisting with nutrition and hydration (feeding and assisting patients with eating and drinking).
• Assisting with toileting and elimination (assisting with the use of bedpan/urinal/bedside commode, providing catheter care, and care of the incontinent patient).
• Performs data gathering and recognizes abnormal findings (measures and records vital signs, weight, oral intake, output including urine, emesis, and stool).

Work Hours/Shift:

• Full Time, Part-Time and FLEX available*
• Days, evenings or nights available*

Reports:

• Registered Nurse (RN) (JC: 030803)/Nurse Manager (JC: 031001)/Assistant Nurse Manager (JC:030303)

Supervises:

• None

*ask the Unit Manager about eligibility/availability during the interview.

Required Education:

• None

Required Experience:

• No previous experience required. One (1) year of job-related experience preferred. [NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.]

Required Certification/License/Registry: None

NOTE: Orientation requires your availability to complete Clinical Orientation on your first  full week (Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm).

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.