Clinical Support Tech I - 7 Children's Post Surgical Care Unit

UNC Health; North Carolina; Sur place; USD 25 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

UNC Health seeks a Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator to support a 24 bed unit with diverse surgical and pediatric cases. You will assist with patient care, transport, and clerical duties on a 36-hour week, rotating day and night shifts in Chapel Hill, NC.

The role requires a HS diploma or GED, Nursing Assistant I, and BLS, with fluent English and basic computer skills. This is a hands-on, teamwork-driven position within UNC Health’s Mission to improve community health.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Nursing Assistant I certification required.
• BLS certification required.
• Fluent English (verbal and written) is essential.
• Basic computer skills expected.

Responsabilités

• Assist professional caregivers with examinations and procedures and procure equipment and supplies.
• Review patient care documentation and report changes to a nurse or physician.
• Perform clerical tasks: organize workload, greet visitors, transcribe orders, maintain records, and support PI audits and data entry.
• Provide clinical support: clean areas, troubleshoot equipment, restock supplies, transport patients and specimens, and orient new staff.
• Provide direct personal care per care plan: hygiene, feeding, ambulation, vital signs, and basic wound care.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute materials as requested.

Connaissances

Fluent English

Computer skills

Formation

High school diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I

BLS certification

Description du poste

Description

This position is a dual role including Nursing Assistant (NA) and Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) job related duties.

Shift: 7:00a-7:30p, 7:00p-7:30a. The position is 36 hours/week; day/night rotation.

This 24 bed unit specialties include general surgery, ear/nose/throat, burns, neurosurgery oral-maxillofacial, orthopedics, trauma, urology, and transplant cases. The unit also cares for medicine and oncology pediatric patients. Patients on the unit range from birth to adolescence. The Pediatric Surgery staff are highly committed to providing outstanding care to the patients and families.

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

Responsible for assisting the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patient and/or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms and performing a wide range of clerical, transcription, and maintenance of the patient care unit desk area functions.

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies.
• Critically reviews patient care documentation making note of any significant changes in the patient's condition and make an immediate report to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provides a variety of clerical tasks to include but not limited to organizing and prioritizing workload, greeting and directing visitors, researching information as requested by nurses and physicians, reviewing orders for logic and clarity, revising orders as requested by the nurse, answering the telephone/ patient call lights, transcribing physician orders, and maintaining medical records. Performs routine quality assurance audits, safety checks, and inventory of supplies. Provides administrative and clerical support including PI audits and data entry.
• Provides clinical support assistance to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, maintaining office equipment, troubleshooting common software and hardware problems, changing linens, checking supply inventory, re-stocking supplies, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, and assisting in the orientation of new employees and students.
• Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with ambulation. Measures and records vital signs, and patient height and weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage.
• Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements

• Prior experience not required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Must be fluent in verbal and written English language. Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: 7 Children's
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Salary Range: $18.48 - $25.89 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Rotating
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.