Patient Care Associate, Telemetry
Baptist Health
About the Role
A Patient Care Associate serves as a technical assistant to nursing on the Telemetry unit. Their primary function is to assist with basic patient care, monitoring, hygiene, and to help ensure care is complete. The nursing assistant works as part of the nursing team to ensure that each patient and guest has their needs met, whether physical, spiritual, or educational.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with basic patient care.
- Assist with patient monitoring.
- Assist with patient hygiene.
- Ensure care is complete.
- Meet patient and guest needs (physical, spiritual, educational).
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Epic (for charting and monitoring tasks).
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to read, write, understand, and follow instructions.
- Basic addition and subtraction skills.
- Verbal skills to effectively relate to patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.
- Must complete 12 hours of college credit to promote to next level.
- May be required to float to another unit/department when necessary.