Clinical Associate, 36 hours/week, night shift - B3

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Winchester (MA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Winchester Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, seeks a Clinical Associate for 12-hour night shifts, involving every other weekend and holiday requirements. Under a nurse's direction, you will assist with daily living activities, patient transport, specimen handling, and essential care tasks to support patient comfort and safety.

Strong preference for a high school diploma or equivalent; CNA, nursing student, or clinical experience favored. Vaccination against influenza required. EOE.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is strongly preferred.
• Must have CNA or be a nursing student with completion of one medical-surgical clinical rotation, or three months of clinical care experience, or completion of the Winchester Hospital: Clinical Associate Training Program (CATP).
• English reading and writing communication is required; basic computer skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

English communication

Basic computer skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification

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.

Schedule

3, 12 hour nights shifts/week, including every other weekend and holiday requirements

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.

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 / 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