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PATIENT SERVICE AIDE

Job Title: PATIENT SERVICE AIDE
Job Code: 4114
FLSA: N
Job Level: B1
Revised Date: 06/27/2005
Supervisory Responsibility: No

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General Description of the Job Class

Perform a variety of manual duties associated with cleaning, servicing and delivering in assigned areas.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

Clean and service assigned areas and equipment to include tables, shelves, countertops, refrigerators, stoves and patient care equipment; maintain sufficient stock and supplies in storage areas for proper performance of these duties; report needed items for reorder.

Clean and sterilize bedpans, urinals, emesis basins, instruments, glassware and other items; restock patient rooms with clean supplies and equipment; sweep and spot mop floors in emergency situations.

Pick up, fold and store linen.

Pick up and deliver specimens, charts, clinical records, requisitions and supplies as directed; move furniture on wards as required.

Escort or transport patients to and from hospital wards, laboratories, clinics and other areas.

Answer phone and record and relay requests for unit services.

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions generally acquired through a partial high school education.

Experience

N/A

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

N/A

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and wheelchair patients to various hospital locations is also required.

STERILE TECHNIQUE

Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level

N/A


The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.


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