Clinical Assistant PACU

Children's of Alabama; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's of Alabama in Birmingham seeks a PACU support role to assist in patient care after surgery. You will work under RNs and LPNs to provide communication and assistive care for patients, families, and staff in a fast-paced pediatric PACU environment.

Shift coverage spans Day/Evening, 8:00am-6:30pm, Monday to Friday with rotating days and on-call requirements. A High School diploma or GED and BLS certification are required, with 1 year of relevant patient care experience preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must complete Children's of Alabama Clinical Care Partners program after hire.
• Current Basic Life Support certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistive care and communication for patients, staff, and visitors.
• Assist RNs and LPNs in the PACU under supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Basic Life Support

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

In PACU at Main Campus Children's of Alabama

Work schedule will be Full-time on the Day/Evening shift, 8am-6:30pm, Monday-Friday (rotating shifts); call required.

Summary:

Works under the supervision of RNs and LPNs to provide assistive care and communication for patients, team members, professional, and technical staff, and visitors.

Other Information:

Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Immediately following hire at Children's of Alabama, must successfully complete the Children's of Alabama Clinical Care Partners program

Experience

• Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries
• Current BLS certification required

Essential:

Credentials with Equivalent Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support

Essential:

Education with Equivalent Qualifications:

• High School Diploma Graduate or Equivalent

Essential:

Experience with Equivalent Qualifications:

• 1 Year job experience as Staff Level with specialization in the field of Patient Care Support or any of the following equivalent qualifications below:
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Certified Medical Assistant AAMA
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
• Certified Medical Assistant ARMA
• Certified Patient Care Technician
• Certified Emergency Medical Technician ADPH

Children's of Alabama Benjamin Russell campus has three general PACU's: Benjamin Russell, Minor Procedure and Imaging. Benjamin Russell recovers for 14 OR's inpatients/outpatients and one Interventional Radiology room, Minor Procedure recovers for 7 OR rooms inpatients/outpatients, Imaging covers PreProcedure through discharge for outpatient/inpatient Imaging general anesthesia patients. Our patients include neonate to adult populations recovering from general anesthesia after a variety of surgeries including but not limited to Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, GI, GU, Ophthalmic, Pulmonary, Plastics and General. Our staff are trained with the flexibility to work in all three areas and they work a variety of shifts that cover our operating time from 7am-11pm through the week as well as weekend and call back shifts.

Schedule: 8am-630pm Day/Evening rotating days M-F; on call required, Day-Evening Shift, 10-Hour Shifts