PCA- Inpatient Psych Unit

PCA – 1A Inpatient Psych (Days) 90% Patient Care Associate (PCA)

At Adena Health, our non-clinical roles are essential to how care is delivered. These positions are a great fit for candidates who value service, organization, teamwork, and making a meaningful impact behind the scenes.

• Position: Patient Care Associate (PCA)
• Salary: Based on years of experience.
• Work Life Balance:
  Full-Time (Days) 4 days a week (6a-3p) No weekend requirements at this time.
• Location/Department: 1A Inpatient Psych

At Adena Health, our non-clinical roles are essential to how care is delivered. These positions are a great fit for candidates who value service, organization, teamwork, and making a meaningful impact behind the scenes.

• Community-centered decision making
• Leadership visibility and cross-functional collaboration
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Growth-focused culture
• Opportunity to influence real healthcare outcomes

Growth at Adena isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s built through relationships, mentorship, and opportunity.

Caregivers are encouraged to explore career paths that fit their strengths and interests through:

• Emerging leader and leadership development programs
• Tuition assistance and education support
• Skill-building and lateral career opportunities
• Visibility with leaders who recognize potential early

The Patient Care Associate (PCA)/Student Nurse/Unit Secretary provides high quality, direct patient care to an assigned group of patients, while providing an atmosphere that supports our mission to be our regions’ most trusted partner in healthcare. This includes, but is not limited to: activities of daily living, measure and document intake and output, foley removal, telemetry monitor set up & telemetry monitoring, phlebotomy, blood glucose monitoring, oxygen set up, etc.

This position may also provide clerical support to the care team including typing, word processing, transcribing physician orders, and acting as a liaison facilitating communication with or between other care providers and visitors directly or via telephone. This individual works collaboratively with other care team members including the patient and family, and participates collaboratively with RN to achieve optimal outcomes.

The PCA/Student Nurse/ Unit Secretary has access to confidential patient information, must communicate with all team members regarding care provided by them to the assigned patient group and carries out daily activities under the direct supervision of a Patient Care Coordinator / Registered Nurse, RN or Assistant Nurse Manager and indirect supervision of the Nurse Manager or Director.

• Reliable compensation
• Strong healthcare coverage options
• 3.5% retirement match with automatic annual increase
• PTO that grows with tenure
• Visible leadership impact within a regional health system

Adena Health System is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class