Clinical Support Assistant - Medicine Specialty/Critical Care Stepdown - Part-time - Nights

OU Health•Oklahoma City, OK

About The Position

This position may be filled as an Clinical Support Assistant or Care Team Associate Level I, II, or III depending on individual qualifications, experience, and business need. Shift Available: Part-time (24 hours/weekly) 7p-7a Working in OU Health’s Medicine Specialty/Critical Care Stepdown, you have the opportunity to gain critical thinking, communication skills, time management, while making an impact in our community. This 31-bed step down unit is looking for team-oriented motivated, compassionate, and disciplined nurses who crave a stimulating learning experience. Our nurses provide care for patients with complex, varied, multifaceted disease processes and administer various drips (insulin, heparin, ketamine and cardiac). As a nurse in Medicine Specialty/Critical Care Stepdown, you will learn, and gain a deeper understanding of disease processes and care for patients with conditions ranging from renal failure, blood disorders, liver disease, psychiatric, diabetes, respiratory failure, septic patients and more! Under general supervision of a registered nurse, performs routine tasks in patient care.

Requirements

HS Diploma or GED required.
No experience required.
Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.
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

Under general supervision of the RN and in collaboration with the patient and family, systematically and continually monitors the patient’s health status and implements the plan of care.
Carries out physician and nursing orders as directed by the RN that is within scope.
Takes/records blood pressures, temperatures, pulse and weighs patients.
Performs blood glucose monitoring.
Sets up and discontinues telemetry monitor.
Collects specimens as directed.
Applies sterile dressings, removal of sutures, staples and/or drains.
Performs all sterile procedures as assigned.
Performs stomal irrigation and applies colostomy pouches.
Performs oral suctioning.
Takes emergency action as needed and within scope.
Performs all treatments and procedures as defined on initial skills checklist.
Reports symptoms and significant changes in patient’s condition or behavior to RN.
Assists with admission, discharge and transfer process.
Transports patients to and from various treatment centers when necessary; assists transporters in moving patients in and out of stretchers and wheelchairs.
Keeps the patient’s room in clean and orderly condition; makes beds, replaces soiled linen.
Assists in restocking rooms with supplies and equipment as directed.
When assigned to one patient as a safety attendant, provides care, observes the patient and does not leave the patient alone.
Performs other duties as assigned.