Patient Care Assistant III A(CMA)

State of Oklahoma • Town of Amboy, NE

2d • $25 • Onsite

About The Position

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for providing direct and indirect non-professional nursing care or outreach services in a clinic, hospital, institution or home setting under nursing or medical supervision. This includes performing duties such as taking vital signs, obtaining lab specimens, charting, escorting patients, assisting with activities of daily living, and ordering and receiving supplies.
This is the leadership level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibility for providing guidance, training, and assignment of work activities to other patient care assistant staff, and perform more advanced duties.

Requirements

• three years of experience in providing patient care
• Knowledge of the English language in order to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Knowledge of public health services available to the community
• Knowledge of record keeping
• Knowledge of the techniques of interviewing
• Knowledge of basic nursing practices and techniques
• Knowledge of basic methods of sanitation and personal hygiene
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge of planning and organizing work assignments
• Ability to record observations and activities
• Ability to follow oral and written directions
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Ability to apply basic nursing techniques
• Ability to monitor and direct the work of others
• Ability to judge a situation accurately and adopt an effective course of action
• Current certification in good standing by the Oklahoma State Department of Health as a (CMA-A) Certified Medication Aide Advanced
• Be on feet most of 8 hours with two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute break; walk, squat, bend, and kneel; access stairs; use hands and fingers to grip and hold; use arms for reaching and extending in a full range of motion in providing personal care, grooming, feeding tasks and/or administering medication and treatments to patients; physically turn, position, ambulate, and transport patients with mechanical lift (routine care) independently or with assistance; lift and carry up to 25 pounds without assistance; and push or pull (maneuver) wheelchairs, geri chairs, carts, etc. weighing up to 500 pounds or 25 lbs. of force as measured by a Chatillon force gauge or similar device. In emergency situations must transfer patients with 2, 3, or 4 persons lift technique on level surface or stairs.

Responsibilities

• Performs direct nursing tasks including taking vital signs, assisting with activities of daily living and hygiene needs, and obtaining certain lab specimens.
• Charts observations and activities, reporting pertinent changes in the patient’s condition.
• Performs delegated or other specialized functions as educationally prepared.
• Escorts patients to and from various destinations.
• Assists in maintaining and providing a clean, safe environment.
• Orders, receives and stores supplies and performs basic clerical functions.
• Participates in follow-up activities and tracking clients, schedules appointments and performs other related tasks.
• Provides case finding and recruitment of at risk persons for comprehensive health services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees