Job Location : Bridgeton,MO, USA
**It's more than a career, it's a calling**
MO-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Highlights:**
***Must be certified***
3 12-hour shifts a week (9am-9pm) & 2 Saturday shifts / month.
**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
+ Presents medication to patient and observes ingestion or administers medication using specified procedures.
+ Takes vital signs or observes patient to detect response to medication, and reports reactions.
+ Restocks medication inventories.
+ May provide direct patient care. Ensures resident safety by identifying safety hazards and emergency situations and initiates corrective action as appropriate.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
+ Wisconsin ONLY - High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience and graduate of accredited school of medical assisting
EXPERIENCE
+ Three years' experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
+ Constant standing and walking.
+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
+ Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
+ Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.
+ Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
+ Occasional driving.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
+ Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
202####### BHS DP-SL Urgent Care
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
36
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