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MO-SSM Health Orthopedics Wentzville

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Administers prescribed medications to patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and maintains related medical records.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Restocks medication inventories.
• May provide direct patient care. Ensures resident safety by identifying safety hazards and emergency situations and initiates corrective action as appropriate.
• Presents medication to patient and observes ingestion or administers medication using specified procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Takes vital signs or observes patient to detect response to medication, and reports reactions.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent and graduate of accredited school of medical assisting (WI only) or combination of equivalent education and experience

EXPERIENCE

• Three years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Occasional driving.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.

Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) within 90 days - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

Department:

7309000125 Wentzville Orthopedic

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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