Patient Care Assistant - Cardiac Progressive Care Unit - Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

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 Cardiac Progressive Care Unit is an expansive, inpatient, intermediate unit that provides care for patients undergoing open heart surgery. We also care for patients who undergo procedures performed by our Structural Heart Program, such as Transapical Valve Replacement (TAVR), Convergent Maze, Mitraclip and Watchmen. Our scope of services includes heart failure, chest pain, life-threatening arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, device therapy (AICD, Pacemakers), electrophysiology studies and ablations. 

Our highly-skilled team treats an adult population – the scope and complexity of which requires continuous monitoring for arrhythmias, changes in lab values and continuous assessment of status changes. Through transformative technology and superior care, our goal is to advance the health and improve the life of the cardiac patient through research-based treatments and interventions. 

Your Role:

Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse, the Patient Care Assistant performs 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.

Additional 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).

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

Reports To:

• Registered Nurse (RN)/Nurse Manager [JC 031001] and/or RN/Assistant Nurse Manager [JC 030303]

Supervises:

• None

Required Education:

• None

Required Experience:

• None
  • NOTE: Minimum experience for float pool assignments is six (6) months.

Preferred Experience:

• One (1) year of job-related experience preferred. 

 Required Certification/License/Registry:

• 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.