Patient Care Assistant Hiring Event

• Delivers successful service to our internal and external customers by adhering to critical success standards: demonstrating accountability and commitment to quality and safety standards; providing exceptional customer service; and exerting effort to ensure a positive work environment that demonstrates dedication to the hospital’s mission, vision and values

• Performs delegated nursing skills, including but not limited to, activities of daily living, monitoring of patient condition, body mechanics, providing nutritional support and other activities as appropriate to clinical service, in accordance with hospital standards, nursing standards of care, and policies and procedures

• May perform skills, within scope of practice for unlicensed assistive personnel. These skills include, but are not limited to, the collection of specimens, use of specialized equipment, restraint monitoring and patient elimination procedures. Communicates performance of these skills to the patient’s Registered Nurse and other members of the healthcare team

• Performs functional assignments per unit standards of care, including such activities as patient admission and discharge procedures, unit environmental organizational tasks, and others as appropriate to service

• Performs and documents point-of-care testing, patient mobility and exercise, comfort, rest, sleep and care needs, patient hygiene, grooming, dressing, skincare, dietary, toileting and elimination needs

• Assists with transport

• Performs clerical duties; use of a fax machine, computers, medical transcription, telephone, and copy machines may be required

Demonstrates appropriate emergency and patient safety procedures, including management of safety devices and equipment. Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with hospital standards
 

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent

• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in healthcare setting

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Pay & Benefits Options

• Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays

• Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner

• 401K with Employer Match

How to attend

UofL Hospital is located at 530 South Jackson Street, 40202. Across from the “CCB”, on South Jackson Street, you will see a building labeled “ISC (Institutional Service Center) & University Parking Garage #1.” This is the main parking garage for the hospital. You will want to park here for your interview. If you are unfamiliar with the downtown campus, please allow for extra time to find the garage and interview location. Please note that the parking garage is on South Jackson Street directly across the street from the main entrance of the hospital and the Brown Cancer Center.

Once you park please take the elevator to the street level of the parking garage. Exit the parking garage and walk to the next door building which is called the Ambulatory Care Building. Which is located at 550 South Jackson Street . Please take those elevators to the basement. Once you exit the elevators, please follow the sign to the Metro conf room.

What to prepare

• Resume

Preferred dress code

Business casual or nursing scrubs for hospital tour.

What is a hiring event?

Think of it like a job fair, but for one company and more personal. Hiring events are a great way for employers to fill multiple roles quickly. Hiring is a human process, and they would like to meet you to see if you’re a fit!