Clinical Support Tech I - Cardiology Oncology Stepdown Unit

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

Job summary

UNC Health Care System's Cardiac Medicine Stepdown Unit seeks a Nursing Assistant I to assist in patient care, transport duties, and clerical support. You will help with admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges on a 36-hour week schedule, onsite in Chapel Hill.

Responsibilities include assisting physicians and nurses, documenting care, providing personal care, and reinforcing patient education to support Carolina Care. BLS and NC CNA eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
• Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the NC DHHS.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
• Prior experience not required.

Responsibilities

• Assists the professional caregiver in delivering patient care and handles transporting patients/equipment.
• Sets up and maintains patient rooms; performs clerical and data entry tasks for unit operations.
• Provides direct personal care per plan of care activities and records vital signs as required.
• Reinforces patient teaching and distributes education materials to patients and families.

Skills

Fluent English

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

The Cardiology and Oncology Stepdown Unit (COSU) unit is a 13-bed intermediate care unit that provides an inclusive atmosphere for professional growth and compassionate care. Team members are challenged by the innovative treatments and the critical care patients we serve! Teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration are hallmarks for this unit while providing high quality "Carolina Care" to the patients and families we serve. Our ONE GREAT TEAM facilitates admissions, treatments, transfers, and discharges of patients 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

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

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: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Cardiac Medicine Stepdown 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: 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.

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