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Posted: 31-Jan-25
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Categories:
Internal Number: 253958
Patient Attendant Safety Aide - Inpatient Medical Oncology Unit
Schedule: 3pm - 11:00pm, 5 shifts a week
Fulltime with weekend availablity
Department Summary
NP 5200 is a 37-bed inpatient adult medical/stepdown oncology unit. Our main patient populations involve symptom management for oncology patients, administration of chemotherapeutic agents, and end-of-life care. Nursing care is provided in collaboration with other departments and disciplines including hospital medicine, surgical services, pharmacy, case management, social work, nurse navigators, dieticians, and chaplain services. The unit is also part of Duke Cancer Institute of Wake County, which provides comprehensive cancer treatment for patients in Wake County receiving care across the continuum of inpatient and ambulatory settings.
Preferred experience:
- Preferred CNA experience
General Description of the Job Class
- Perform a variety of specialized technical and supportive patient care activities to assist medical professional personnel in diagnostic, therapeutic and research procedures.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
- Determine, prepare and set up medical supplies and equipment for diagnostic, therapeutic and research procedures. Confer with patients to obtain information for chart and laboratory records, explain procedures, allay fears and elicit cooperation; ensure completion of patients' laboratory tests prior to examination by physician.
- Prepare patients for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to include obtaining specimens, taking vital signs and measurements, positioning patients and attaching equipment leads to specific body locations. Assist physicians and nursing personnel during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to include handling instruments, calling out equipment readings and administering oxygen and opaque dyes; alert physician to patient discomfort.
- Operate equipment such as polygraphs, magnetic and video tape recorders and X-ray machines to monitor and obtain recordings of specific body functions; calculate, compile and record data obtained from graphs and numerical readings. Operate manual and automatic laboratory equipment to make qualitative and quantitative analyses of specimens.
- Calibrate and perform routine maintenance on equipment to ensure proper functioning; clean and sterilize instruments, supplies and equipment.
- Maintain inventory of supplies; reorder as required.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
- Work requires completion of a related 1 year technical school program.
Experience
- Work generally requires two years of experience in health care specialties related to the specific position; two years additional years related experience may be substituted for the technical school.
- OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
- N/A
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- N/A
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