CTA -Care Team Associate - Cardiovascular - Days and Nights Available - PRN

OU Health; Oklahoma City (OK); Vor Ort; USD 25.000 - 30.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

PTO

401(k) plan

Medical and dental plans

Equal opportunity employer

Zusammenfassung

OU Health in Oklahoma City seeks a CTA - Care Team Associate for the Cardiovascular Unit, with days and nights available on a PRN basis. Under the supervision of an RN, you will monitor patients, take vital signs, perform glucose checks, and assist with telemetry setups and dressings in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Essential responsibilities include patient care, collaborating with families, assisting with admissions and transports, and maintaining a clean patient environment.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• Monitors patient health status and implements the care plan under RN supervision.
• Carries out physician and nursing orders within scope.
• Takes/records blood pressures, temperatures, pulse and weight.
• 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 stomal irrigation and applies colostomy pouches.
• Performs oral suctioning.
• Takes emergency action as needed and within scope.
• Reports symptoms and changes to RN.
• Assists with admission, discharge and transfer.
• Transports patients between centers and departments.
• Keeps patient rooms clean and organized; changes linens.
• Assists in restocking rooms with supplies and equipment.
• When assigned as safety attendant, provides care and supervises patient.

Kenntnisse

Nursing basics

Communication

Following instructions

Teamwork

Ausbildung

HS Diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

Position Title: CTA -Care Team Associate - Cardiovascular - Days and Nights Available - PRN

Department: Cardiovascular Unit

Under general supervision of a registered nurse, performs routine tasks in patient care.

Essential 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.

General Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education Requirements

• HS Diploma or GED required.

Experience Requirements

• No experience required.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements

• Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• 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.

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