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Beth Israel Lahey Health Patient Care Technician - Senior Adult Unit, 32, Evenings in Gloucester, Massachusetts
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Job Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
32
Work Shift:
Evening (United States of America)
Patient Care Technician- Senior Adult Unit (Acute Care), 32 hour, Evenings
Job Description:
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Become part of the Addison Gilbert family! We have been proud to serve the Cape Ann Community for the last 134 years!
We are looking for caregivers, which we call Clinical Associates . You may already be an experienced, certified CNA or we will train you if you have heart and passion to work with senior adults.
Our Senior Adult Unit (SAU) provides acute inpatient psychiatric/medical care for older adults. Our patient’s average length of stay with us is approximately 10 days. This is a voluntary, restraint free setting which is licensed by the Department of Public Health . It is not considered a mental health unit licensed by Department of Mental Health.
Examples of responsibilities of a Clinical Associate:
Vital Signs, Height and Weight, Oxygen Saturation
Reporting all unusual observations to the nurse
Collecting various specimens for analysis
Recording and measuring intake and output
Providing patient with personal care and assisting with daily activities
Performing basic clinical procedures independently or under the supervision of the RN
Provide nutritional needs including assisting and ordering room service, setting up meal trays and feeding.
Qualifications:
Desire to help people and/or have aspirations of becoming a healthcare professional
Experience bathing grooming and incontinence care (preferred)
High School Diploma or equivalent
Ability to read/write and perform basic 4 function math
Basic computer skills (preferred)
Medical terminology (preferred)
Basic Life Support certification (preferred)
** Every other weekend, every other holiday
About Us
Welcome to Addison Gilbert Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. Addison Gilbert Hospital is a full service, 70-bed medical/surgical acute care facility in Gloucester, MA. Founded in 1889, the hospital provides state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient care to residents of the Cape Ann community in specialties such as radiology, cancer care, primary and pediatric care, cardiology, inpatient geriatric services, and emergency medicine. Addison Gilbert Hospital continues to score among the top hospitals in the nation for patient safety as it is one of only 42 hospitals in the United States to be awarded an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group – the nation’s leading nonprofit watchdog on hospital quality and safety.
Addison Gilbert Hospital promotes the culture and philosophy which enables employees to give and receive the best of care. You can become a part of the team that achieves this success through our CREATE values of Community, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Teamwork and Empathy.
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.
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