Clinical Support Tech I - 8 Acute Neuroscience

UNC Health Care; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Clinical Support Tech (Nursing Assistant I + clerical) for a 36-hour/week, 12-hour rotating shift on Acute Neuroscience. The role supports nurses, transports patients and equipment, and handles a wide range of clerical tasks in a 26-bed unit serving neurosurgery and neurology patients.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, vitals, specimen collection when needed, and maintenance of unit records.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Nursing Assistant I certification (North Carolina).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• Ability to develop computer skills if not proficient.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and health care providers with routine examinations and procedure preparation.
• Note significant changes in patient condition and report to RN or physician.
• Perform clerical tasks: organize workload, greet visitors, review orders, transcribe and maintain medical records.
• Provide clinical support: clean work areas, troubleshoot equipment, restock supplies, transport patients and specimens.
• Provide direct patient care per plan of care: bathing, feeding, ambulation, vital signs, specimen collection as needed.
• Reinforce patient teaching and distribute education materials as requested.

Skills

English fluency

Computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Description

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.

Clinical Support Tech ( (Nursing Assistant I + clerical) needed for 8 Acute Neuroscience.This unit is a 26-bed unit that serves Neurosurgery and Neurology patients which includes a 9 bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. We are a true medical-surgical unit treating patients who have spinal and brain surgeries, brain tumors, stroke, seizures, and neuromuscular diagnoses such as Myasthenia Gravis, Guillian Barre Syndrome, and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.

This is a 36 hours per week position; working 12-hour rotating shifts (7am - 7:30pm and 7pm - 7:30am) with weekend and holiday rotation. This position qualifies for an extensivebenefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours.

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

1. Assists physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies.
2. Critically reviews patient care documentary making note of any significant changes in the patient's condition and make an immediate report to a registered nurse or physician.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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

Education Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)

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: Acute Neuroscience

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: Variable

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.

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