Job Description:

Job Posting Title

Patient Care Assistant

Agency

340 OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Supervisory Organization

Pottawatomie Co Health Dept.

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

September 16, 2022

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Level I is up to $30,717.90
Level II $32,920.51.
Depending on education and experience.

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing technical direct and indirect nursing care in a clinic, hospital, institution, or home setting for individuals under the supervision or direction of a registered nurse, licensed physician, or dentist. This includes taking temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, and various other technical nursing tasks in providing health care to patients and others.

Typical Functions

• Performs nursing procedures or specialized functions in accordance with knowledge, skills, and licensure.


• Participates in the evaluation of responses to interventions.


• Teaches basic nursing skills and related principles. Delegates nursing care tasks such as: taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, giving enemas, douches, and sitz baths, collecting specimens, and measuring intake and output.


• Assists in assessing, reporting, and recording health status of patients, families, and groups in a variety of settings.


• Participates in developing and implementing appropriate aspects of a plan of care.


• Administers medications as ordered.


• Reports appropriate patient information to supervisor or appropriate health team member.


• Serves as Charge Nurse on a unit, supervising staff performing medication administration and patient care.

Education and Experience

Level I: Education and Experience required at this level is none.

Level II: One (1) year experience in providing patient care.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

Required at this level include knowledge of the English language in order to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.  Ability is required to record observations and activities, to follow oral and written directions, and establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Special Requirements

Some positions may require that applicants be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with the position. Upon a conditional offer of employment, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services applicants must submit to a physical examination and shall meet the physical examination requirements of occasionally lifting/carrying 50 pounds and able to push and pull a maximum force of 25 pounds. Applicants with the Department of Corrections must be willing and able to work any assigned shift or day of the week, and additional shifts as required.Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Combination of office and exam offices. May be exposed to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, toxic substances, and medicinal preparations. Varied activities including sitting, walking, stooping, lifting, bending, pushing, and reaching. Ability to physically stand for several hours with good mobility (for reaching into vehicles). Use of N-95 respirator is required.  Working in the health care community. Shall meet the physical examination requirements of occasionally lifting/carrying 50 pounds and able to push and pull a maximum force of 25 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Salary:

$15.00

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