Primary Purpose: To provide support to the patient care team as well as directly attending to certain specified needs of the patient.
Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: No formal responsibility. The policies associated with the job’s purpose and essential responsibilities are set by others.
Routine Decision Making: Determine when to report patient concerns and abnormal vital signs to the RN, determine appropriate supplies necessity, to maintain patient care.
Formal Supervisory Responsibility: No formal supervisory responsibility.
Unusual Working Conditions: Risk of blood, body fluid contamination. Risk for injury from aggressive, combative or disoriented patients. Risk of injury related to poor body mechanics. Potential exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals.
Age Specific Competencies: may sit with pediatric/child patients between (2 yrs-12 yrs); adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.
Qualifications
Education and Certification/ Registration Required for the Position: High school education. NVCI or equivalent class as determined to be required by the facility.
Skills Required
- High school education
- NVCI or equivalent facility-required class
What We Do
Cass Regional Medical Center is a general, acute care and critical access hospital located in Harrisonville, Missouri. Serving Cass County and the surrounding region, it provides a full range of services, from primary and specialty care to emergency services, rehabilitation, and community health programs. The hospital features advanced diagnostic capabilities, including MRI and CT scanning, and maintains specialized medical/surgical, intensive care, and behavioral health units.
