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Ready to start your career in healthcare?
St. Charles Community College and SSM Health are seeking qualified individuals to attend training to work as full-time Clinical Partners at St. Joseph Hospital – Wentzville, St. Joseph Hospital – Lake St. Louis and St. Joseph Hospital – St. Charles. This 6-week accelerated training program combines online classroom instruction, hands-on skill labs and on-the-job training in a clinical practice. The training satisfies the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services requirements for Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP).
Training Schedule:
February 20, 2023 – March 31, 2023
Classroom Training | 3 alternating weeks @ at St. Charles Community College – Dardenne location
Clinical Practice | 3 alternating weeks
Three 12-hour shifts weekly at the assigned SSM Health hospital
Current Eligibility:
Enrollment for the PCT program is selective. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements to be selected.
Before you apply you must:
Be 18+ years old
Have a high school diploma or equivalent
After you apply you will be required to:
Complete SSM Health application and screening interview
Complete SCC application and intake assessments
Attend mandatory Meet & Greet session
Complete full interview and be selected by SSM Health
Pass a criminal background check, drug screen panel, and physical exam with documented proof of immunizations or titers
Shift availability is determined by each department. Participates in training program while working in job capacity. Supports the overall positive patient care experience by providing assistance to nursing staff and physicians. Provides patient care responsibilities under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Contributes to the overall quality and safe care for patients by answering call lights, taking vital signs and monitoring behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.
Creates a positive patient experience by assisting patients with their activities of daily living including assisting with baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene and making occupied and unoccupied beds.
Contributes to quality care and safety by assisting and performing procedures such as toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, measuring and recording intake and output of fluids.
Contributes to exceptional patient satisfaction by establishing a compassionate environment by timely responses to patients’ needs, open communication and providing emotional and psychological support.
Contributes to safety and quality care by relaying information via charting and communicating to team members.
Attends classes and clinical rotations as determined by program.
Communicates clearly with instructors, associates and patients.
Complies with privacy and confidentiality policies related to utilization of the medical record.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
No education required
EXPERIENCE
No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Constant standing and walking.
Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
Occasional lifting/moving patients.
Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Occasional driving.
