DESCRIPTION:

*Next class will begin Oct 6th - Oct 17th *
Job Summary:
The Patient Care Assistant is a temporary position for employees hired into the Patient Care Technician Training Program without experience or training as a Certified Nursing Assistant. The PCT training program is 120 hours in length, inclusive of classroom, skills lab and clinical hours. During PCT training, the Patient Care Assistant may assist the clinical staff in the provision of patient care with continual supervision. These duties may vary by shift or may be unit specific. The Patient Care Assistant is trained in the provision of care for patients of diverse ages. Works rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be 16 years of age.
  Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
  Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
  MercyOne Central Iowa sets the standard for personalized and radically convenient care in the Des Moines metro area and surrounding counties. MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893, is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines and Iowa’s largest medical center, with 802 beds available. The hospital is one of the Midwest’s largest referral centers. Other centers associated with MercyOne Central Iowa include:
  MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center
  MercyOne Centerville Medical Center
  MercyOne Newton Medical Center
  MercyOne Children’s Hospital
  MercyOne Clive Rehabilitation Hospital
  House of Mercy
  Clive Behavioral Health
  With more than 7,000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 1,500 physicians and allied health professionals, MercyOne Central Iowa is one of Iowa’s largest employers.
  MercyOne Medical Group – Central Iowa is one of Iowa’s largest multispecialty clinic systems, made up of more than 50 primary care, pediatric, internal medicine and specialty clinics located throughout Dallas, Jasper, Polk, Wapello, Warren and Webster counties.

• Attends didactic and clinical training sessions as outlined in the course curriculum. Adheres to attendance requirements.
• Receives training to assist patients with activities including personal hygiene, bathing, ambulation, transporting, dressing/undressing, nutrition/feeding, and elimination needs.
• Assists in the delivery of patient care with supervision by an RN, LPN, or Patient Care Technician.
• Responds to patient calls and performs patient rounds to ensure the environment is safe/tidy.
• Trained in the use of safe patient handling techniques when repositioning, transferring, and ambulating patients.
• Performs safety patient observation for patients who are impulsive and/or at risk of injury to self or others.
• Assists with post-mortem care. - Observes and communicates patient needs to the nurse/PCT.
• Collects and labels specimens.