272 patient care associate cna jobs found

Blake 11 is a twenty-four bed locked psychiatric unit. The unit serves adults ages 18 and older. The inpatient service provides acute psychiatric care, diagnostic evaluations and brief inpatient treatment. As a tertiary health care provider, Blake 11 accepts patients with diagnostically complex or treatment resistant disorders as well as patients with concomitant medical disease. Patients may be admitted to the unit 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The average length of stay is 7-10 days.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always...

Yawkey 8E is a sixty bed/chair infusion unit in the Division of Hematology-Oncology. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 7 AM to 8 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to 6 PM. There are eighteen beds and forty-two chairs.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.     Shift: 40 hour (8a-6:30pm) Day Shift on Monday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday    

  White 11, part of the teaching service at MGH, is a twenty-four bed acute medical unit. The patients on this unit represent a diverse adult population with a wide range of complex medical problems including cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, neurological, psychosocial and infectious disease. Collaboration with  all  health care  workers  across disciplines is fundamental to  our care  on White 11.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing  blood, and obtaining EKGs.     Shifts:  24  hour, Day/Night shift (12 hours) and every other weekend and...

Patient Care Associate (PCA) opportunity available on the the Post Anesthesia Care Units.The Post Anesthesia Care Units (PACU) at MGH are comprised of 5 individual critical care areas (Ellison 3, White 3, Lunder 2, 3 and 4) dedicated to the care of adult and pediatric patients preceding and immediately following surgery and/or procedures requiring anesthesia.    PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, drawing blood, obtaining EKGs and transporting patients within MGH.   Hours: 40 hours- Day/Evening- 2- 8 hour and 2- 12 hour shifts  or  5 8 hour shifts (50/50 rotation of day/evening)    

  Ellison 10 is a thirty-six bed adult in-patient unit. Patients on this unit are complex cardiac and medical patients. The population includes cardiac arrhythmia patients requiring medical management, heart failure patients awaiting transplant and requiring intensive monitoring and coronary artery disease patients. This cardiac step-down unit (SDU) accommodates intermediate level of cardiac care.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.   

Ellison 10 is a thirty-six bed adult in-patient unit. Patients on this unit are complex cardiac and medical patients. The population includes cardiac arrhythmia patients requiring medical management, heart failure patients awaiting transplant and requiring intensive monitoring and coronary artery disease patients. This cardiac step-down unit (SDU) accommodates intermediate level of cardiac care.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.   

Blake 11 is a twenty-four bed locked psychiatric unit. The unit serves adults ages 18 and older. The inpatient service provides acute psychiatric care, diagnostic evaluations and brief inpatient treatment. As a tertiary health care provider, Blake 11 accepts patients with diagnostically complex or treatment resistant disorders as well as patients with concomitant medical disease. Patients may be admitted to the unit 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The average length of stay is 7-10 days.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always...

Yawkey 8E is a sixty bed/chair infusion unit in the Division of Hematology-Oncology. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 7 AM to 8 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to 6 PM. There are eighteen beds and forty-two chairs.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.    

The RACU/General Medicine is an eighteen-bed unit designed for the care of patients requiring focused pulmonary care and the care of patients with general medical diagnoses.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.    PCAs will float between two units, Bigelow 9 General Medicine and Bigelow 13 RACU. Shifts:  36hr D/N (12 hours only) every other weekend  

The RACU/General Medicine is an eighteen-bed unit designed for the care of patients requiring focused pulmonary care and the care of patients with general medical diagnoses.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.    PCAs will float between two units, Bigelow 9 General Medicine and Bigelow 13 RACU.   Shifts:   36hr, Night shift (12 hours only,  7pm-7:30am ) every other weekend   

  Multiple Openings on both Pediatric floors (Ellison 17 & Ellison 18), all varied shifts (Day/Evening/Night Rotation) primarily Nights and Weekends   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.    

Multiple Openings on both Pediatric floors (Ellison 17 & Ellison 18), all varied shifts (Day/Evening/Night Rotation) primarily Nights and Weekends   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.  

Ellison 7 is a thirty-six-bed adult inpatient unit. Patients on this unit are general surgical (mostly major abdominal procedures) and multi- trauma patients. Four of the beds on the unit are dedicated to the Trauma Rapid Admission Care Unit (TRACU). It is designed to house trauma patients requiring close observation immediately following their initial crisis period in the Emergency Department. Ellison 7 is a fast paced, exciting environment where the interventions are cutting edge. Patients come from all over the globe for the specialty care our nursing and physician staff provide.    Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, obtaining...

Bigelow 14 is the center for vascular surgical nursing, including a twenty-seven bed adult inpatient unit and the unit-based MGH Vascular Home Care Program. Patients on this service usually undergo vascular surgery or interventional radiology procedures to improve arterial blood flow. Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.    

Ellison 12 is a 36-bed unit devoted to the care of the acutely ill medical patient. The patient population on this unit includes a diverse mix of medical diagnoses requiring complex nursing care.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.     Hours: 40 hours-  Night shift,  including weekends and holidays  

Ellison 12 is a 36-bed unit devoted to the care of the acutely ill medical patient. The patient population on this unit includes a diverse mix of medical diagnoses requiring complex nursing care.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.     Hours: 40 hours-  Evening shift,  including weekends and holidays  

Ellison 12 is a 36-bed unit devoted to the care of the acutely ill medical patient. The patient population on this unit includes a diverse mix of medical diagnoses requiring complex nursing care.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists multi-disciplinary health care team by assisting patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.     Hours: 40 hours-  Day shift,  including weekends and holidays

Ellison 6 is a 35-bed unit with the clinical specialty being orthopaedics and urology. The population of patients includes total joint replacements, trauma, and orthopaedic oncology.   Under the direction of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Associate (PCA) assists the multi-disciplinary health care team in clinical support functions to promote a safe, compassionate patient care environment. PCA assists patients with daily living needs, monitoring & reading vital signs, drawing blood, and obtaining EKGs.   Responds to patient requests in a timely manner, safeguarding patient confidentiality, monitoring patient safety, and always communicating in a respectful manner.  Must be able to work rotating (day/evening/night) shift including weekends and holidays.    

Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, the PCA assists in the care of patients experiencing a wide range of acute psychiatric conditions in the APS area of the Emergency Department Provides age-appropriate care including ADL’s, phlebotomy, glucometry, and EKG’s for adult, geriatric, and pediatric patients, following Nursing policies, procedures and protocols.  

Summary Provide direct patient care under the direction and supervision of a licensed Nurse.   Key Responsibilities Patient care plan is carried out as directed. Patient physical care is provided such as bed bath, toileting, grooming, changing bed linen, etc. per established guidelines. Patient general care is provided such as positioning, lifting and turning, and using adaptive and transfer equipment per established guidelines. Patient monitoring activities such as vital signs and blood glucose are performed per established guidelines. Patients are prepared for meals, assisting when appropriate to meet patients’ need. Patient rounds are performed regularly and call lights are answered promptly to meet patients’ needs. Patient care is documented in a timely manner adhering to established standards. Patient room clutter is organized to make best use of space and clean environment. Specimens are obtained and labeled...