Serving the Homewood community, Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital is a 595-bed acute-care hospital located in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Women’s Medical Center provides comprehensive women’s services through all stages of life, including gynecologic surgery, maternity care, and labor and delivery services. Additionally, the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) holds Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care from The Joint Commission.

Baptist Health Brookwood is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico. Collectively, our team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve. Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions

Position Summary 

Performs general patient care to patients under the direction and supervision of the Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse

  Essential Functions 

• Assists patients with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination and nutritional needs. 

• Provides routine treatments and maintains a safe, clean, neat, and organized patient environment. 

• Maintains safety and security of patients, families, self, and other members of the healthcare team. 

• Assures patient privacy, rights, and confidentiality.  

• Follows standard precautions, always washes hands between patients.  

• Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.  

• Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rates, food and fluid intake and output as directed. 

• Obtains data and accurately documents pertinent patient information according to Baptist Health and Orlando Health specific policies and guidelines. 

• Recognizes and communicates appropriate information and safety concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the RN and or other members of the healthcare team. 

• Participates in handoff report and purposeful hourly rounding of patients.  

• Provides exceptional service and or care to all patients, families, customers and team members.  

• Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined by Baptist Health and Orlando Health and unit specific competencies. 

• Maintains a clean, neat, safe and organized nursing unit.  

• Receives and processes incoming phone calls, patient call lights and guest requests. 

• Transports and delivers items, equipment, blood products, and medications (excluding controlled substances and IV chemotherapy drugs) throughout the facility. 

• May have limited access to areas storing medications. 

• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.  

• Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures.  

• Enthusiastically supports and participates in planned changes.  

• Participates in nursing Performance Improvement activities as assigned.  

• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patient rights and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies. 

• Consistently utilizes time and resources effectively and efficiently. 

• Attends hospital, unit staff meetings and in-services according to policy.  

• Completes all mandatory training. 

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care based on principles of growth and development over the life span.  

• Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs. 

Education/Training: High school graduate or equivalent. 

Licensure/Certification: Must obtain BLS/Healthcare Provider certification within 30 days of hiring.