Clinical Support Tech I - 8 Acute Neuroscience

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Clinical Support Tech (Nursing Assistant I + clerical) for the Acute Neuroscience unit. The role covers a 36-hour work week with 12-hour rotating shifts (7:00–19:30 and 19:00–07:30), including weekends and holidays.

Onsite position with UNC Health benefits. Responsibilities include assisting caregivers, documenting patient status changes, clerical duties, and basic clinical support such as transport and patient care tasks.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English, both verbal and written.
• Nursing Assistant I certification or eligible.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Ability to develop computer skills if not competent.

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procurement of equipment and supplies.
• Critically reviews patient care documentation and reports significant changes to a nurse or physician.
• Performs clerical tasks: organize workload, greet visitors, review and transcribe orders, maintain medical records and PI audits.
• Provides clinical support: transport patients/equipment/specimens, aid in orientation of new staff and students, maintain work areas and equipment.
• Provides direct personal care per plan of care activities: bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation, and may include vitals and basic procedures.
• Reinforces patient teaching and distributes educational materials as requested.

Skills

English fluency

Nursing Assistant I

BLS certification

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 extensive benefit 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

• 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 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. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.