Patient Care Associate - (Pay Range - $21- $23 an hour)
Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Job Details: Patient Care Associate
Location: Brooklyn, NY, 11213
Shift: Day,Evening, Night Shift Available
Pay Range: $21 -$23 an hour
Patient Care Associate Responsibilities:
1. Checks vital signs, weights, and measures patients, obtains specimens, and records findings on the patient’s chart.
2. Instructs patients on how to obtain specimens for laboratory testing and performs basic specimen screening testing through dipstick and hemoccult.
3. Prepares collected specimens for pick-up by labeling and preparing required form(s). Picks up lab results.
4. Performs vision and hearing testing and simple urinalysis.
5. Administers emergency first aid, including basic life support procedures.
6. Performs simple first aid such as dressing changes, bandaging, and cleansing of wounds, irrigation and cleansing of ears.
7. Prepares patient for examination and assists medical provider during examination by providing necessary supplies/equipment.
8. Prepares the examining room for examination, including cleaning and sterilizing instruments and equipment.
9. Informs patients on proper preparation for various medical testing.
10. Interviews client to obtain routine personal and medical information and appropriate health history.
11. Maintains, completes, processes, and files patients’ charts, appropriate forms, and documents.
12. Reports observations of patient to the medical staff caring for the patient to ensure a professional assessment.
13. Answers routine inquiries of patients in person or via telephone and makes appropriate referrals.
14. Participates in informing patients and their families of health care services and achieving healthful, safe living.
15. Maintains inventory of the unit’s equipment stock and supplies.
16. Works effectively as a team member in the delivery of care and assists in the orientation of new employees.
17. Directs and escorts patients to other hospital departments and/or facilities, as needed.
18. Coordinates efforts of various clinic and facility departments in scheduling and rebooking appointments through manual and/or automated systems and enters pertinent patient information into hospital data systems.
19. Obtains blood specimens for laboratory testing by performing venipuncture and/or fingerstick testing.
20. Operates electrocardiograph equipment to record electrical wave tracing of the electrical currents of the heart muscle.
Company DescriptionPride Health is Pride Global's healthcare staffing branch, providing recruitment solutions for healthcare professionals and the industry at large since 2010.
Company Description
Pride Health is Pride Global's healthcare staffing branch, providing recruitment solutions for healthcare professionals and the industry at large since 2010.