Outpatient Surgery Care Support Specialist

OU Health; Edmond (OK); Vor Ort; USD 19.000 - 23.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

OU Health seeks a Clinical Support Assistant for outpat ient surgery in Edmond. Under RN supervision, you perform routine patient care tasks, monitor vital signs, assist with admissions and transports, and help with specimen collection and dressings.

You will work full-time, M-F, 8am-4:30pm, in the Adult Outpatient Surgery department, supporting the care team and ensuring patient comfort and safety throughout the perioperative process.

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

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Nursing techniques

Effective communication

Instruction following

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

HS Diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

OU Health seeks a Clinical Support Assistant for outpat ient surgery in Edmond. Under RN supervision, you perform routine patient care tasks, monitor vital signs, assist with admissions and transports, and help with specimen collection and dressings.

You will work full-time, M-F, 8am-4:30pm, in the Adult Outpatient Surgery department, supporting the care team and ensuring patient comfort and safety throughout the perioperative process.