Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, the Patient Care Associate provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and based on HMNH’s policies and procedures.

Licensure and Certification:

• Successful completion of a state approved Nursing Assistant program OR has successfully completed at least the first semester of a RN program.
• Current BLS provider card
• Current hospital recognized Violence Prevention Training card

Education:

• High School Graduate, GED or equivalent

Experience:

• Minimum 6 months acute hospital Nursing Assistant experience preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills
• Patient-focused 

Physical Demands – Patient Care:

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.