Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

The Patient Care Assistant (PCA) provides direct, compassionate, hands-on support to patients and assists nurses and other healthcare professionals in ensuring patient comfort, safety, and a supportive healing environment. The role involves performing basic patient care duties such as taking vital signs, assisting with activities of daily living, monitoring patient intake/output, and collecting specimens. The PCA also maintains patient rooms, transports patients and equipment, and promptly reports changes in patient condition to nursing staff while adhering to safety protocols and infection control measures.