St. Luke's Health - Memorial - Lufkin·Lufkin, Texas
Provide direct patient care by assisting with basic daily activities, personal hygiene, and mobility. Support nursing staff by monitoring vital signs, performing blood glucose tests, and preparing patient rooms.
Where You’ll Work St.
Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system.
Serving East Texas, St.
Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support.
We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care.
Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St.
Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services.
In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Patient Care Assistant, you’ll help our patients feel safer and more comfortable by assisting with their basic daily life activities.
Every day, you will directly support patients with tasks such as personal hygiene, mobility, and feeding, while also assisting nursing staff with vital sign monitoring and preparing patient rooms.Your success in this role comes from your genuine desire to help patients feel better, whether that means giving them fresh bed linens or checking their vitals.
You're diligent about your tasks, observant of patients’ conditions improving or declining, and accept coaching well.
Provides direct patient care as delegated by RN staff Monitors and records vital signs Assists in providing personal hygiene and physical care needs Accurately measures, records, and reports intake and output Obtains and records daily weight Performs blood glucose testing using blood glucose meter Job Requirements Required High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or High School GED General Studies, upon hire and graduated from an accredited school of nursing or 1 year direct patient care experience , upon hire Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Requires a high school diploma or GED and either graduation from an accredited nursing school or one year of direct patient care experience. Must obtain Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days of hire.
Market context
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