Clinical Associate, 12 hours/week, day shift - B2

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Winchester (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is seeking a Clinical Associate at Winchester Hospital, a 223-bed regional hospital serving the northwest suburban Boston area. The role involves assisting with daily living activities, patient repositioning, bed management, and specimen handling, among other care tasks.

Schedule is 12 hours per week, day shift with weekend/holiday rotations. Requires English proficiency, basic computer skills, and BLS certification; CNA or nursing student with clinical rotation

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent strongly preferred.
• BLS - Basic Life Support certification is required.
• Certified Nursing Assistant or Nursing Student with one medical-surgical clinical rotation.
• Three months of clinical care experience is required.
• Completion of Winchester Hospital Clinical Associate Training Program (CATP).

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living for patients.
• Reposition and ambulate patients as directed.
• Make occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Transport patients, beds, supplies and equipment.
• Collect, label and transport specimens.
• Retrieve and sign out blood products.
• Perform point-of-care testing accurately.
• Obtain vital signs and weights.
• Maintain accurate intake and output measurements.
• Remove Foley catheters and saline locks.

Skills

Reading & writing in English

Basic computer skills

Education

High school diploma/equivalent

Nursing Student with one medical-surgical clinical rotation

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Description

Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top 10 Massachusetts recognized 223-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area.

Schedule

12 hours/week, day shift, 2, 12 hour shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations

Working under the direction of a nurse, the Clinical Associate contributes to the Hospital's mission by performing basic procedures necessary to provide patients’ care, comfort, and safety. This clinical staff position will have an impact on the quality of care and patient satisfaction by providing for their physical and emotional needs.

As a Clinical Associate at Winchester Hospital, you will be responsible (but not limited to) for the following:

• Assisting with activities of daily living
• Repositioning and ambulating patients
• Making an occupied and unoccupied bed
• Assisting in transporting patients, beds, supplies and equipment
• Collecting, labeling and transporting specimens
• Retrieving and signing out blood products
• Accurately performs point of care testing
• Obtains vital signs and weights
• Maintains accurate intake and output measurements
• Removes Foley catheters and saline locks

Education Required: High school diploma/equivalent is strongly preferred

Certifications: BLS - Basic Life Support

Must Have / Be One Of The Following

• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Nursing Student with completion of one medical-surgical clinical rotation
• Three months of clinical care experience
• Successful completion of the Winchester Hospital: Clinical Associate Training Program (CATP)

Other Skills/Knowledge

Required: For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team

Preferred: Basic computer skills

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is an integrated health system dedicated to creating healthier communities - one person at a time - through seamless care and ground-breaking science, driven by excellence, innovation and equity.

Founded in 2019, our system brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, primary and specialty care, behavioral health and home care services, and more than 5,900 physicians and 36,000 employees to care for more than 1.7 million patients in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Together, we are changing healthcare for the better.

Pay Range

$19.50 - $26.24

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled