Patient Care Associate - Oncology
Company: Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Location: Baton Rouge
Posted on: January 24, 2023
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Job Description:
JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION Works collaboratively with and under the
direct supervision of a registered nurse to participate in the
delivery of patient care for the improvement of quality of life for
patients and families. Job is performed appropriately for the age
population served as defined in the department's scope of care.
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
CRITERIA A: Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates the
Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their
job.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
* Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and
their families, physicians, and the community.
* Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and
vital signs.
* Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the
customer asks.
* Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
* Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of
customers through personal action and attention t the environment
of care.
* Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and
anticipates information needs of customers.
CRITERIA B: Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment
to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the
GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
* Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal
requirements of the position and department.
* Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational
records.
* Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials;
communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and
nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.
CRITERIA C: Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative
in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
* Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete
assignments.
* Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even
when workload and demands are high.
* Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity,
and fairness.
* Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.
CRITERIA D: Performance Improvement - Employee actively
participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates
quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
* Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence
in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
* Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work
processes.
* Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work
processes.
* Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality
initiatives.
CRITERIA E: Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost
management practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
* Effectively manages time and resources
* Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of
the organization - material, human, and financial.
* Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.
CRITERIA F: Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively
participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee
safety practices.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
* Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and
emphasizes patient and employee safety.
* Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries
or potential injuries.
* Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee
safety standards at all times.
* Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques,
equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and
plans.
JOB FUNCTIONS
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:
1. Provides direct patient care and assists the nursing staff with
patient duties.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
* Provides personal care assistance to patients, including bathing,
feeding, personal hygiene, and ambulating.
* Performs technical skills that incorporate the patient's plan of
care and comfort measures given to patients.
* Reports changes in the patient's condition, in a timely and
accurate manner, to the patient's primary nurse.
* Assists with the initiation and removal of non-invasive
monitoring equipment, as directed.
* Answers patient call lights, anticipates needs, and makes rounds
to assign patients.
* Assists with the collection and transport of specimens in
accordance with the universal precaution policy.
* Retrieves medications from pharmacy in accordance with BRGMC
policy.
* Assists with the admission, discharge and transfer of patients to
the unit.
* Performs effectively in emergency response situations in
accordance with BRGMC Code Blue Policy.
2. Maintains patient records and charts to ensure an accurate
record of the patient's
medical treatment.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
* Documents patient care accurately and appropriately in all
assigned patient records.
* Continually gathers data to assist nurse with developing plan of
care.
* Obtains and documents complete vital signs of patients, including
temperature, blood pressure, weight, respiration and pulse.
* Documents intake and output as assigned.
3. Performs clerical or Unit Clerk duties as assigned.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
* Receives and assists visitors to the unit in accordance with
Everyday Excellence values.
* Ensures appropriate charge captures, and assists Unit Manager in
tracking lost charges.
* Notifies charge nurse/nurse assigned to patient of STAT and NOW
physician orders and completes appropriate paperwork and computer
entry as required.
* Assures nursing unit and telephones are attended at all
times.
* Answers intercom in a timely and courteous manner, communicating
messages to appropriate personnel.
* Stocks and maintains supplies in-patient care area.
4. Practices appropriate safety, environmental, and infection
control procedures.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:
* Performs waste removal from all areas of the patient care
unit.
* Actively participates in maintaining the cleanliness of the
patient care environment and nursing station.
* Ensures patient safety by adhering to BRGMC Safety Policy
guidelines.
* Assists in patient transport.
* Follows BRGMC policies and procedures related to the operation
and maintenance of equipment.
* Assists with the preparation and return of instruments to
decontamination for sterilization.
* Performs or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique,
isolation procedures, and infection control measures.
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5. Performs other duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Previous job experience preferred.
SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Certified Nursing Assistant Certification or Basic EMT
Certification or Military Medic experience or Nursing Student with
completion of fundamental nursing clinical in RN program
desired.
HIPAA REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA
regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited
to: Medical records without limitation both paper and electronic,
patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient
information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical
records related to quality/data, patient financial information,
patient billing 3rd party, patients related complaints, information
related to patient location, patient's religious beliefs, and/or
research information.
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety
practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to:
Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE,
exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient
identification, transporting patients, transporting medications and
blood, monitoring clinical alarms, radiation safety, and
chemotherapy precautions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
(Reference DOT 355.674-014 - NURSE ASSISTANT) - STRENGTH: M -
Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally,
and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than
negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light
Work.
PRN PCA
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