Job Description
Description
The medical-surgical unit is a 27-bed unit specializing in renal care and urology patients. We provide care for chronic and acute renal disease patients, many of whom have comorbid conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and infectious wounds. This unit serves a patient population ranging from young adults to the geriatric. Our goal is to provide exemplary care utilizing evidence-based practice and providing thorough discharge teaching to prevent/delay subsequent hospitalizations. Our team works well together and loves our Mission of extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to our patients.
Summary:
Provides basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff and ensures patient safety and well-being.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Answering patient calls and helping patients with eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, and mobility.
- Feeding patients, measuring and recording their food and liquid intake.
- Monitoring and documenting patients' temperature, blood pressure, and other vital signs and reporting changes to nurses or doctors.
- Assisting nurses or doctors with medical procedures and dressing wounds.
Job Requirements:
Education/Skills
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
Experience
- Experience in a hospital setting preferred.
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- BLS required.
Work Schedule:
MULTIPLE SHIFTS AVAILABLE
Work Type:
Full Time
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1999 |
| Website | http://www.christushealth.org/ |
About Company
In 1999, two historic Catholic charities became one, forming CHRISTUS Health and creating a unique purpose in the modern health care market - to take better care of people.
To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, the mission that the Sisters of Charity Health Care system and Incarnate Word Health system shared for more than a century, is now also the mission of CHRISTUS Health.
Ranked among the top 10 Catholic health systems in the United States by size, the CHRISTUS Health system includes more than 40 hospitals and facilities in seven U.S. states, Chile and six states in Mexico, with assets of more than $4.6 billion.
Whether seeking care in Alexandria Louisiana, or Coahuila, Mexico, patients discover that the healing spirit is alive at CHRISTUS Health.
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