Clinical Support Tech I ED PRN Nights

UNC Health; North Carolina; On-site; USD 23,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, NC seeks an Emergency Department Assistant to support the professional caregivers in patient care, transport, room setup, and clerical tasks. This per diem role offers 12 hours per week with on-site work schedule and a focus on patient safety and efficient ED operations.

Qualifications include high school diploma or GED, Nursing Assistant I certification, BLS, and English fluency.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Nursing Assistant I certification and BLS required.
• Must be fluent in English, with basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies.
• transports patients and equipment and sets up patient rooms and maintains the patient care unit desk area functions.
• Performs clerical tasks including organizing workload, greeting visitors, reviewing orders for clarity, transcribing orders, and maintaining medical records; conducts quality assurance audits and inventory.
• Provides clinical support such as cleaning work areas, moving supplies, transporting patients, and assisting in orientation of new employees and students.
• Provides direct personal care per plan of care activities and records vitals, height, weight, and may assist with specimen collection and basic wound care.
• Reinforces patient education and distributes educational materials as requested.

Skills

English fluency

Basic computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I certification

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.

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. UNC Health Caldwell ED Fast paced! Critical thinking! Situational awareness! Triage and treat! Just a few of the attributes of the ED. Become part of a team whose goal is to provide competent care to our community 24/7 for acute, life-threatening and urgent medical conditions. We treat your whole family. Self-scheduling allows flexibility to meet life’s needs! UNC Health Caldwell is the place you belong!

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 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: Caldwell Memorial Hospital
Organization Unit: Emergency Room
Work Type: Per Diem
Standard Hours Per Week: 12.00
Salary Range: $16.51 - $23.62 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:Lenoir
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 applicant.accommodations