Patient Care Assistant, Neurology (FT, Days)

About the Role

As a Patient Care Assistant in Neurology, you will perform routine and specialized patient care activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, providing developmentally appropriate, family-centered care to support a safe, efficient, and positive patient experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Obtain and document vital signs, body measurements, intake and output, and physiologic values, reporting abnormal findings to the Registered Nurse.
• Respond to continuous physiologic monitor alarms and communicate abnormal values to the Registered Nurse.
• Provide basic hygiene, comfort measures, activities of daily living, and other delegated patient care tasks.
• Collaborate with Registered Nurses to prioritize workload based on patient and family needs.
• Collect and label laboratory specimens and perform bedside testing, including quality-control activities.
• Prepare patient rooms for admissions with age-appropriate supplies and equipment.
• Provide input to the Registered Nurse regarding patient responses to care and assist with ongoing care-plan updates.
• Transport medications, excluding controlled substances, following established medication-security guidelines.
• Perform unit-specific and clerical duties, including use of computer, telephone, intercom, and EKG-monitor systems, as assigned.
• Maintain patient and family confidentiality and communicate effectively with patients, families, and health care team members.
• Participate in required training, professional development, unit goals, and performance-improvement initiatives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Completion of a formal nursing assistant, medical assistant, or similar clinical education program required.
• Alternatively, current enrollment in a BSN program with one clinical rotation completed at time of hire is required.
• Alternatively, one year of direct patient care experience is required.
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing.