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Posted: 29-May-26
Location: Newton, New Jersey
Categories:
General Nursing
The Patient Care Assistant works alongside physicians and nursing staff to support the delivery of high-quality patient care and ensure a positive patient and family experience. This role provides direct support with daily living activities, basic patient care, and unit operations while maintaining a safe, compassionate, and collaborative care environment. The Patient Care Assistant plays a vital role in patient comfort, safety, and overall care delivery.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Support nursing personnel in providing direct patient care and assist patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, positioning, and mobility.
- Serve and collect meal trays and provide between-meal nourishment as appropriate.
- Change bed linens, run errands, and prepare, clean, and sterilize treatment trays and supplies.
- Transport patients safely within the facility for consultations, treatments, tests, and examinations.
- Measure, observe, and record vital signs such as temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, and report changes to nursing staff.
- Assist with basic patient treatments and comfort measures under the direction of licensed staff.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized care environment for patients, families, and staff.
- Perform continuous rounding and check-ins throughout the shift to ensure patient and family needs are met.
- Demonstrate professionalism, teamwork, alertness, and a positive attitude at all times.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Completion of a Nursing Assistant, Patient Care Assistant, or similar healthcare training program preferred.
Certification
- Current Nursing Assistant certification (CNA) or equivalent preferred.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Experience
- Previous experience in a hospital, long-term care, or healthcare setting preferred.
- Experience providing direct patient care and working as part of an interdisciplinary team strongly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to provide compassionate, patient-centered care.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to follow directions, policies, and procedures accurately.
- Strong attention to safety, infection prevention, and patient confidentiality.
- Ability to perform physical tasks such as lifting, standing, walking, and transporting patients.
- Demonstrated teamwork, reliability, and professionalism.
At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
- Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
- Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
- Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
- Atlantic Medical Group
- Atlantic Visiting Nurse
- Atlantic Mobile Health
- Atlantic Rehabilitation
We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.
We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:
- Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the "World's Best Hospitals" in 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
- Atlantic Health scored four "A" grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
- Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare - 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
- Named by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
- Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.
Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman's breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.
Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
Team Member Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance.
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
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Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer.
EEO STATEMENT
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