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Patient Care Assistant Program - Float Pool - Full Time, Rotating

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Organization Facility: Anna Jaques Hospital Category: Technician Job ID: JR73390 Date posted: 03/24/2025
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Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Join Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), a distinguished not-for-profit community hospital nestled in the picturesque coastal community of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since 1884, AJH has been a cornerstone of healthcare excellence in the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire regions, renowned for our commitment to high-quality care and exceptional patient satisfaction. Located just 35 miles northeast of Boston, AJH offers the perfect blend of a supportive community hospital environment and the vast opportunities that come with being part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the region. As a member of our team, you'll be part of a network of over 39,000 caregivers and staff dedicated to providing extraordinary care to more than 1.7 million people from 150+ cities and towns across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Discover a rewarding career at AJH, where you can make a meaningful impact within a close-knit community while advancing your professional growth within a thriving healthcare system.

Are you ready to become a part of our dynamic Float Pool team?

Through the Patient Care Assistant In-House Training Program - you will attend 4 weeks of paid education to prepare you to work as an inpatient Patient Care Assistant. The program will take place at Beverly Hospital and placed under the direction of a Clinical Nurse Educator. This will allow you to build new skill sets and assume a direct patient care support role at Anna Jaques Hospital.

Education Requirements:​ High school diploma or equivalent required.

Shift requirements:

  • Patient Care Assistant must be able to commit to working a 24 - 40 hrs. per week, once you start working on your assigned unit.
  • Training will consist of 24 hrs. per week for 4 weeks at Beverly Hospital.
  • Must be able to work rotating weekend/holidays.
  • Shifts could include evenings, nights or days.
  • Once completed the program, you will be at 34.5 hr/wk, rotating shifts in the float pool.

Job Responsibilities of a PCA include but are not limited to:

  • Maintains a clean and safe environment.
  • Assists patients as necessary (e.g. ADL’s, feeding) by providing high quality, compassionate patient care
  • Maintains on-going communication with RN and LPN regarding patient status, care given and patient response.
  • Documents care, vital signs and all other pertinent information legibly and accurately on patient’s flow sheet/graphic sheet.
  • Communicates appropriate information to patients and families.
  • Ensures that care information is transmitted in a timely, clear, and accurate form to all patients’ current healthcare providers who need that information to provide care.
  • Completes other duties as assigned.

Benefits working at Anna Jaques Hospital:

  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Career Development and Opportunities
  • Free On-Site Parking
  • Discounts/Savings on various businesses.
  • Health and Wellness activities

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 about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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