Overview Patient Care Assistant, Critical Care Unit Full time, 72 hours per pay period Parkwest Overview: Parkwest is West Knoxville’s premier medical facility and a top-performing heart hospital. In addition to providing the area’s leading cardiac services, Parkwest has been nationally recognized for award-winning care throughout our facility. Annually Parkwest is recognized by U.S. News & World Report (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/tn/parkwest-medical-center-6520530) as one of Tennessee's “Top 10” hospitals. 2 Riverstone, Critical Care Unit: Parkwest Critical Care Unit (CCU) is located on the second floor of Parkwest Medical Center’s main hospital. As one of the area’s top-performing heart hospitals, we take great pride in providing exceptional care and timely treatment to our patients. The CCU is a 30-bed department comprised of 20 medical, surgical, neurological, and renal beds and 10 dedicated Cardiovascular Intensive Care (CVICU) beds. The department is a locked unit for the safety and privacy of our critically ill patients. We specialize in high-level care to critically ill patients with life-threatening conditions, including Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT). Our CVICU specializes in the care of patients requiring Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) procedures, Impellas, and Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP). We follow a 12- hour shift, weekends/holidays on a six-week schedule. Team members utilize a self-scheduling model, and employee requests are then used during the scheduling process to balance and coordinate with the department’s needs. We pride ourselves in fostering a culture of positivity, teamwork, and always putting our patient’s needs first. Position Summary: Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADL’s and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. Recruiter: Jason Shubert || jshuber1@covhlth.com || 865-374-5393 Responsibilities + Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements. + Encourage patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care. + Ambulate, and assist patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary. + Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling and passing out water pitchers, + Provides morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed. + Empty drains, canisters, urine bags, bedpans and emesis basins and record intake and output. + Assists in maintaining a safe environment, which may include reporting equipment that is out of order, appropriate handling of linen and storing of supplies. + Provides general care such as positioning, lifting or turning patients; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; preoperative supportive care; and application/removal of abdominal binders or anti-embolism stockings and sequential compression devices. + Empty & clean ostomy bag, per procedure. + Collect urine, stool and sputum specimen as ordered. + Perform tasks such as ROM, assist with ambulatory devices as specified by the patients' plan of care. + Perform phlebotomy (requires additional training). To include correct labeling using two patient identifiers, maintenance of lab-draw supplies, rotating and restocking. + Perform EKG (requires special training). + Promptly answer patient call lights and respond to patient requests. + Report significant changes in patients' condition to RN. + Help to maintain clean and orderly patient and work environment. + Employ all established infection control policies including standard precautions, transmission-based isolation precautions, OSHA standards, safety measures and proper body mechanics in performance of job. + Document/maintain patient record as appropriate. + Gathers equipment for O2 set up. Checks O2 for connection and proper placement. + Checks for proper functioning of equipment at patient bedside + Ambulate patients with oxygen. + Set up suction equipment and check for proper function. + Demonstrates knowledge and competency in providing for age-specific needs of the population served. + Demonstrates ability to perform skills on the Nursing Assistant checklist. + Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested. + Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications Minimum Education: None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED. Minimum Experience: None Licensure Requirement: CPR required Apply/Share Job Title PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT ID 3790932 Facility Parkwest Medical Center Department Name CRITICAL CARE UNIT