Clinical Partner II

Highlights

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role you’ll provide hands‑on care, comfort, and reassurance, helping patients feel valued, respected, and cared for throughout their healthcare journey.

Schedule

Part‑time; 28 hours per week, day shift from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with an every‑fourth‑weekend rotation from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Job Summary

Assists in performing a variety of nursing care services for patients in the Emergency Department.

Responsibilities

• Receive patient care assignments from the registered nurse (RN) in charge.
• Initiate delegated tasks based on demonstrated competence for the specific patient age group.
• Collect and document data for admission assessments and reassessments at specified times.
• Provide documented data to the licensed nurse for analysis and validation of patient response to care or treatment, especially when significant changes occur.
• Relay information via charting and communication to team members.
• Inform the licensed nurse of any changes in patient condition, patient complaints, and educational needs of patients or significant others.
• Answer patients’ calls for help, take vital signs, and monitor behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.
• Assist with baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene, and making occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Perform dressing changes, enemas, ostomy care, toileting, turning, cough and deep‑breathing exercises, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, and measurement of intake and output.
• Prepare patients for discharge and accompany them upon dismissal as indicated.
• Stock and maintain supplies and equipment in line with patient care needs and cost‑containment goals.
• Assist with delegated clerical duties such as answering telephones, relaying messages, transcribing physician orders, and organizing the patient’s medical record.
• Orient new patients and significant others to the nursing unit.
• Operate mechanical and manual equipment per the user’s manual, recognizing common problems and initiating corrective action.
• May perform point‑of‑care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Maintain a constant state of alertness and work safely.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Education equivalency for licensing.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing and walking.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech for oral communication and to distinguish body sounds, alarms, or malfunctioning machinery.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lb.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, keyboard use, and data entry.
• Frequent near (≤ 20 in) and far (≈ 20 ft) vision, including color discrimination.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lb.
• Occasional patient lifting/moving.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional driving.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Illinois: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association and Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – Illinois Department of Public Health.
• Missouri: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association and Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) – Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
• Oklahoma: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association and either Advanced Unlicensed Assistant – Oklahoma Board of Nursing or Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – Oklahoma State Department of Health.
• Wisconsin: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) – Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry.