Job Description & Responsibilities:
Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team with positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, coworkers, and staff from other departments of the organization. Assists residents with personal hygiene care and other routine services for residents requiring assistance with bedside bathing, dressing, shaving, offering and bed side commode, and giving back rubs. Takes and reports patient vital signs and initial medical history or other related information. Observes residents' condition and ensures that medical equipment or apparatus is functioning properly. Maybe assist nurses or LPN's with resident examinations. Administers respiratory therapy treatments per physician orders and the patient's age. Answers residents' calls and ascertains residents' needs, acts upon routine requests and relays information to the proper person. Performs a number of routine patient care procedures that require basic training. Assists with the ambulation of residents. Obtains resident specimens for laboratory analysis as directed. Assists residents with basic hygiene, hair and oral care as required. Complies with CRHS and Physician Services safety, infection control and performance improvement initiatives to ensure the delivery of quality care and services. Attends scheduled in-service programs as requested. Provides basic clerical support as requested. Presents a professional image to CRHS nursing, clinical and medical staff members, patients, families, and visitors.
Qualifications
Education: Requires a high school diploma in General Studies or a GED state certificate. Experience: Requires up to six months of work-related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Licensure, Registrations & Certifications: Requires and maintains a current and valid driver's license. Requires a current valid driver's license. A motor vehicle report is required upon hire and reviewed annually.
Salary:
Depending on Experience
Contact:
Employer: Crisp Regional Health System
Location: Cordele, GA
Link: https://pm.healthcaresource.com/CS/crispregional/#/job/3554