Clinical Support Tech I - Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU)

UNC Health Care; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care in Raleigh, NC seeks a Clinical Support Tech I for the CSICU to assist in delivering patient care, transport patients and equipment, set up rooms, and support unit operations.

The role involves clerical duties, transcription, and maintaining the patient care unit desk, with emphasis on safety, teamwork, and timely communication with nurses and physicians.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Nursing Assistant I listed by NC DHHS.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Prior experience not required.
• Must be fluent in verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procurement of equipment and supplies.
• Critically review patient care documentation and report changes to nurse or physician.
• Perform clerical duties including organizing workload, welcoming visitors, researching information for nurses and physicians, and transcribing orders.
• Provide clinical support: clean work areas, troubleshoot equipment, restock supplies, transport patients/equipment/specimens, and assist orientation of new staff.
• Provide direct personal patient care per plan of care: bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation, measure vital signs, and basic wound care.
• Reinforce patient teaching and distribute education materials as requested.

Skills

Fluent English

Computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Clinical Support Tech I - Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU)

5HV - Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU)

The Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit is located on the 5 th floor of the Heart and Vascular Hospital. The staff in CSICU, a 10 bed unit, provides care for critically ill patients requiring postoperative recovery of cardiothoracic, vascular surgery, ECMO and/or intensive care interventions. The age of patients in the unit varies from the young adult to the geriatric population.

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

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.

Description

5HV - Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit (CSICU)

The Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit is located on the 5 th floor of the Heart and Vascular Hospital. The staff in CSICU, a 10 bed unit, provides care for critically ill patients requiring postoperative recovery of cardiothoracic, vascular surgery, ECMO and/or intensive care interventions. The age of patients in the unit varies from the young adult to the geriatric population.

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

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 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: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex CSICU 5HV

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range:$17.94 - $25.25 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day 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.

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