Patient Care Assistant
Core
Provide direct and indirect non-professional nursing care and outreach services to patients in a correctional center clinic under nursing supervision.
Role type
Entry-level to career Patient Care Assistant (non-professional nursing support)
Builds
Patient care services and health outreach within a correctional facility
Domain
Healthcare / Corrections
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Certified Medication Aide (CMA) license, basic nursing practices, activities of daily living assistance, vital signs measurement, lab specimen collection, medical terminology, record keeping, sanitation and hygiene techniques
Preferred skills
Public health services knowledge, interviewing techniques, medical terminology
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Take vital signs, assist with activities of daily living and hygiene, obtain lab specimens, chart observations, escort patients, maintain clean environment, order and store supplies, perform case finding and recruitment for health services
Seniority
Level I (entry-level, close supervision) to Level II (full range of duties, one year experience required)