JOB TITLE: ORDERLIES
JOB SUMMARY: Provides basic patient care on the age continuum including hygiene, preventive skin care, incontinence care, feeding, mobility, safety measures, vital signs, heights, weights, proper documentation, reports findings to primary nurse and or charge nurse, performs treatments as directed and or assigned, post mortem care, catheter care, collects, prepares, and transports specimens, performs wound care and adheres to both the emergency/disaster polices as well as patient confidentiality. Primarily responsible for transport of patients and responding to all codes that occur throughout the hospital and clinic.
REPORTS TO: ORDERLY SUPERVISOR
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduate from High School or equivalent.
Licensure: None
Experience: Graduate of a vocational training program is as asset but can be trained on the job. Up to one (1) month of on-the-job training and experience is normally required for satisfactory performance on this job.
JOB KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
*Communication skills sufficient to report activities and deviations from normal to abnormal
*Ability to interact with patients and families
*Proper knowledge of safety factors
*Ability to maintain cleanliness and safety of patient’s equipment, and confidentiality in regard to patient care, information
and chart contents
REQUIREMENTS FOR POSITION:
* Hearing-Hearing acuity sufficient to perform job functions
* Speaking-Verbal ability is required to communicate with staff and patients
* Vision-Normal visual acuity is needed
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Considerable amount of time standing work, squatting, sitting, lifting, stretching and twisting.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Clinical employees are frequently exposed to communicable disease. Safety precautions are enforced for employees such as lab work for screening and immunizations etc., are necessary. Verbal abuse, threats and physical violence from hostile, angry, mentally challenged and or disgruntled patients or family members are a distinct possibility.
HOURS:
- Full-Time
- Dayshift 7:00 AM-7:00PM
- Nightshift 7:00PM-7:00AM