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Skills
- Anesthesiologyunmatched
- Asepsisunmatched
- Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
- Blood-Borne Pathogensunmatched
- Catheterizationunmatched
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)unmatched
- Clinical Assessmentunmatched
- Clinical Competencyunmatched
- Disability Insuranceunmatched
- Financial Managementunmatched
- Financial Operationsunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- High School Diplomaunmatched
- Infection Controlunmatched
- Life Insuranceunmatched
- Medical Recordsunmatched
- Medical Treatmentunmatched
- Needs Assessmentunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- OSHAunmatched
- Obstetrics and Gynecologyunmatched
- Orthopedicsunmatched
- Pain Managementunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Patient Safetyunmatched
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeryunmatched
- Podiatryunmatched
- Staff Policiesunmatched
- Surgical Proceduresunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- The Joint Commission (TJC)unmatched
Description
Surgical Institute of Reading is hiring a full time Patient Care Aide for our Pre/Post Op unit!
Welcome to Surgical Institute of Reading
At Surgical Institute of Reading, we believe health and care are inseparable. We focus on offering a high quality, service oriented environment for your surgical procedure. Our facility is accredited by The Joint Commission. SIR ranked in the top 100 hospitals for total joint replacement for five years and for spine surgery for the last two years. Our state-of-the-art facility has five operating rooms and one procedure room, allowing surgeons to perform procedures in the specialty areas of: Anesthesia, Gynecology, Orthopedic, Orthopedic Foot & Ankle, Pain Management, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, General, and Spinal Surgery.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
Essential Role in Patient Care – Your work directly impacts surgical success and patient safety.
Supportive & Professional Team – Work alongside experienced professionals who value precision and teamwork.
Commitment to Excellence – Maintain the highest standards of infection control, patient safety, and surgical efficiency.
Growth & Development – Opportunities to expand your skills and advance in your career
Patient Care Aide (PCA) at Surgical Institute of Reading
Provides direct patient care by assisting patients with changing linens, ambulation, and transport. Maintains a clean and orderly patient care environment. Assists during patient examinations and procedures. Obtains and records patient vital signs, provides nutritional intake and reports results and observations. Demonstrates the primary goal of efficiently providing surgical services that exceed customer expectations and improve clinical and financial operations.
Responsibilities
- Knows and adheres to policies of the Center and demonstrates fiscal responsibility.
- Follows standards, policies, procedures, goals, and objectives for peri-operative nursing care according to accepted standards.
- Maintains and demonstrates current skills and knowledge in aseptic technique.
- Demonstrates ability to understand the unique needs of each age group of the patient population.
- Follows OSHA and other standards for protection against blood borne pathogens.
- Seeks involvement in activities that promote professional growth and behavior.
- Uses good body mechanics.
- Remains calm and functions as a team member during times of stress and crisis situations.
- Able to take vital signs, apply monitors, and document appropriately.
- Performs procedures within scope of practice, including, but not limited to finger stick for blood glucose, bladder scanning, and straight catheterization.
- Informs Manager of applicable day-to-day situations.
- Follows employee health and other personnel and staffing policies.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Certified Nursing Assistant License - preferred
- Current BLS.
- Demonstrates necessary clinical competency.
Benefits
USPI offers the following benefits, subject to employment status:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – Starting PTO accrual is 15 days per year.
- 401k retirement plan
- Paid holidays
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.
USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Wyomissing, PA |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.uspi.com/ |
About Company
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.