Direct Service Associate (DSA)

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About the Organization ACI Federal specializes in top-notch healthcare transformation solutions for the public and private sectors, including hospitals, LTC facilities, and healthcare groups. Our experienced team of Talent Acquisition Specialists and clinicians excels in medical staff augmentation for almost any healthcare setting. Engage the Tried and True ACI Federal Staff Augmentation team for unparalleled solutions in healthcare transformation.

Description

**Position Overview**

Under the supervision of the clinics nurse, will take instructions from the nurse and attend to patients based on prescription. Duties also include assisting patients to perform basic living activities, guiding them in social activities to improve their mental health. Assist in administering ongoing therapeutic treatment to patients to improve their behavioral pattern by maintaining the treatment plan, ensuring that treatment routines are done diligently and at the appropriate time.

**Essential Job Functions**

+ Monitor patients to identify new developments and inform the professional medical staff in charge of patients

+ Keep records of patients information, including their eating habits, actions, and moods

+ Watch patients closely to keep them away from restricted areas, and to prevent them from causing harm to themselves or to other people, as directed by the nurse

+ Assist in restraining patients who are acting out of control by employing caution and tactics to calm them down

+ Bath, brush, groom, and dress patients, as well as demonstrate to them how to do them until they are capable of doing them by themselves

+ Help in serving meals to patients and ensure that they are well fed by either feeding them or persuading them to eat, and then administer their drugs to them under close supervision to ensure that the drugs are taken

+ Assist patients to get used to their treatment routine to prevent resistance in receiving medication

+ Assist in collecting patients specimen, such as blood, urine, and feces, for laboratory testing and diagnoses

+ Engage patients in recreational activities

+ Carry patients around for treatment

+ Inspect treatment tools and facilities to ensure they are in good condition for achieving maximum results, and inform management of malfunctioning instruments for repair or replacement

+ Other duties as assigned

Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time

Position Patient Care Technician (PCT)

Position Requirements

**Requirements**

+ Must have active License

+ Must have and maintain a current CPR certification

+ Must be immunized for defined illnesses and diseases

**Physical Requirements**

+ **Walk or run for long periods of time**

+ **Stand for long periods of time**

+ **Bend or twist their body**

+ **Repeat same movements**

+ **Use hands/fingers to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls**

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This position is currently accepting applications.