Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Hiring For Patient Care Assistant/PCA (student nurse) at Cincinnati, OH Full Time

Description:

“This isn’t your job – it’s your calling. Driven by care and backed by science, we can help you answer that call for every family, every child, and every future.”

Cincinnati Children’s is an internationally-renowned, world-class medical center and was named an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Top Performer in 2020 by The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and named to Forbes 2020 list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity!  We invite you to join our team to begin your journey in achieving a career that makes you feel fulfilled.

• Competitive progressive salary scale with shift differential
• Comprehensive benefits including pension plan and tuition reimbursement (Bachelors and Masters)
• Pediatric Nursing Professional Development Programs
• New Critical Care Building opening Fall 2021!  It will add 632,500 square feet and 249 new beds (including 12 ICU overflow beds). 
• Positions available on a variety of units
• Positions also available at our Liberty Campus andCollege Hill Campus

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better, and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

Assist the professional staff with one or multiple patients as assigned in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care activities. Provide environmental support through unit stocking; cleaning and organizing.

One to One Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

Assist the professional staff to provide one to one direct observation and re-direction to patients presenting with an immediate safety concern including but not limited to suicidal ideation; flight risk; aggressive behavior; traumatic brain injury; removal of lines/drains/ airways; harmful to self; patients with social concerns; or to specifically monitor patient’s with an External Cerebrospinal Ventricular Drain (EVD). To provide support and appropriate intervention to patients classified as an Employee Safety Risk (ESR).

PCA/Monitor Tech (NICU & TCC Only)

Monitor patients by way of live video feed and physiologic waveforms. Follow algorithm to notify staff of urgent/emergent situations. Provide direct patient care as delegated by the nurse. Provide environmental support through unit stocking; cleaning and organizing.

Qualification:

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE