Clinical Support Tech I (Cardiac Medicine - 7 HV )

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

Benefits offered by this job

Nursing Support Incentive Program $5,0

Job summary

UNC Health in Raleigh, NC seeks a Nursing Assistant I to support the Rex 7 HV/Cardiac Unit. You will assist the professional caregiver, transport patients and equipment, and help set up and maintain patient rooms.

You will perform clerical tasks, document care, monitor patient conditions, aid with bathing, feeding, and mobility, and reinforce teaching to patients as directed by nurses and physicians. The role is full-time, night shift, onsite with a 36-hour work week.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
• Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina DHHS.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

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 including workload organization, greeting visitors, researching information, reviewing and revising orders, answering calls, transcribing orders, and maintaining medical records.
• Provides clinical support such as cleaning work areas, troubleshooting equipment, transporting patients and supplies, and orienting new staff.
• Provides direct patient care including bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation assistance, vital signs, and basic specimen collection as needed.
• Reinforces patient teaching and distributes education materials.

Skills

Fluent English

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I (NC DHHS)

BLS certification

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.

This position qualifies for our Nursing Support Incentive Program which includes a $5,000 Commitment Incentive paid over a two (2) year commitment.

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 documentation 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 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: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex 7 HV/Cardiac Unit

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: Night Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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.