CSA - Clinical Support Assistant - Comprehensive Care - Part Time - Days

OU Health•Oklahoma City, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision of a registered nurse, the Clinical Support Assistant performs routine tasks in patient care. This role involves systematically and continually monitoring the patient’s health status, implementing the plan of care, and carrying out physician and nursing orders within scope. The assistant also performs various treatments and procedures, reports changes in patient condition, assists with admissions, discharges, and transfers, transports patients, maintains patient room cleanliness, restocks supplies, and provides one-on-one patient observation as a safety attendant when assigned.

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.