Pulling Unit Jobs in Kansas (NOW HIRING)

Essential Functions:

• Give patient baths, oral care and hair care.
• Take vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressures).
• Collect I & O information.
• Ambulate patients.
• Assist with activities in patient mobility and positioning.
• Collection of specimens.
• Obtain blood glucose readings.
• Initiate CPR.
• Communicate with patient and/or family. Provide information to the patient and/or family to educate them on disease process, hospital stay, and/or treatments.
• Transport patients by pushing pulling, lifting, in a wheelchair, bed, cart or Geri chair.
• Reposition patients with or without mechanical devices, by lifting, pulling and pushing.
• Clearly and concisely report significant patient status changes to the physician.
• Collection of patient care information.
• Development and revision of nursing care plan.
• Administer medications including narcotics according to SBAMH policies and procedures.
• Document patient information concisely and legibly according to hospital and department policy.
• Dressing changes.
• Administer treatments.
• Clearly and concisely report significant patient status changes to physician and appropriate coworkers.
• Responsible and accountable for using work time appropriately by organizing and prioritizing work to complete daily assignment.
• Follow patient specific plan of care.
• Administer IVs and IV medications.
• Start IVs.
• Assess the patient.
• Follow all infection control procedures and policies (including use of universal and/standard precautions).
• Provide for patient safety.
• Participate in quality improvement assurance, assessment and improvement activities.
• Notify receiving nursing area of patients condition and needs prior to transfer.
• Participates in the orientation and teaching of newly employed nursing personnel.
• Participates in nursing projects and or revision and review of policies and procedures.
• Positive and effective interaction with patients, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Will be orientated to and maintain competence in working with patients in the following age categories: Med/Surg/Skilled/ICU: Infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• OB: Neonate, adolescent, and adult patients.
• OR, ED: Neonate, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Competence at the beginning of employment will be measured through observation during orientation, math and medication administration testing, and review of documentation.
• Ongoing competence will be measured through observation of clinical practice, observation for performance evaluation, competency in service and testing, and math and medication administration testing.
• Education: Graduate of a State Board approved or accredited school of nursing.
• Experience: Must possess current clinical experience or be a new nursing graduate. Prefer minimum of one years experience in pertinent clinical specialty. Nurses who do not meet this requirement must obtain experience through formal hospital orientation program.
• Certification/Licensure: Must possess evidence of current Kansas license or valid temporary permit to practice (if coming from out of state).
• Code Blue Training:
• A minimum training level of BLS is required.
• Acquire and maintain ACLS training for ED and ICU.
• Acquire and maintain Neonatal resuscitation training for OB.

Physical Demands:

• Requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and grasping.
• Requires lifting and carrying up to 55 lbs.
• Requires pushing and pulling up to 55 lbs.
• Job requires full range of body motion, with occasional twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, squatting and reaching.
• Rarely requires crawling.
• Job requires working under stressful conditions and/or irregular hours.
• Some exposure to communicable diseases, sharps, and hazardous material is anticipated.
• Job requires potential exposure to body fluids and radiation.
• Requires the ability to distinguish letters and symbols.
• Use of office equipment such as telephones, copying machines, computers and intercom is required.
• Repetitive movements such as writing are required.

Working Conditions:

• Includes working weekends and holidays, with potential for varied shifts, overtime, cost containment absent days, or standby time.
• O.R. personnel are required to rotate on-call duty for emergency surgery.