CTA - Care Team Associate - Medicine Specialty (Days)

OU Health•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

Under general supervision of a registered nurse, the Care Team Associate performs routine patient-care tasks. In collaboration with the patient and family, the associate systematically and continually monitors the patient’s health status and implements the plan of care. The role carries out physician and nursing orders as directed by the RN and within the associate’s scope of practice.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
No experience required.
Current Basic Life Support certification issued by the American Heart Association.
One of the following credentials: Certified Patient Care Technician (CPCT), Patient Care Technician (PCTC), or Advanced Unlicensed Assistant (AUA).
Knowledge of basic nursing techniques and procedures.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
Ability to maintain effective working relations with others.

Responsibilities

Monitor patients’ health status and implement the plan of care in collaboration with the RN, patient, and family.
Carry out physician and nursing orders as directed by the RN and within scope.
Take and record blood pressures, temperatures, pulse, and patient weights.
Perform blood glucose monitoring.
Set up and discontinue telemetry monitors.
Collect specimens as directed.
Apply sterile dressings and remove sutures, staples, and/or drains.
Perform assigned sterile procedures.
Perform stomal irrigation and apply colostomy pouches.
Perform oral suctioning.
Take emergency actions as needed and within scope.
Perform treatments and procedures defined on the initial skills checklist.
Report symptoms and significant changes in a patient’s condition or behavior to the RN.
Assist with admission, discharge, and transfer processes.
Transport patients to and from treatment centers when necessary and assist transporters with moving patients in and out of stretchers and wheelchairs.
Keep patient rooms clean and orderly, make beds, and replace soiled linen.
Restock rooms with supplies and equipment as directed.
When assigned as a safety attendant for one patient, provide care, observe the patient, and do not leave the patient alone.
May precept new CTAs.
Perform other duties as assigned.