Clinical Support Tech I - Float Telemetry PRN

UNC Health; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 23,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health Caldwell Telemetry, located in Lenoir, NC, seeks a Nursing Assistant I to support the telemetry unit and assist in patient care, transport, and clerical duties on a per diem basis. The position offers involvement with heart-related care, routine vital sign checks, and patient education under nursing supervision.

Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, documenting patient status changes, coordinating orders, and providing direct patient care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy.
• Listed as Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Fluent in English with ability to develop computer skills

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procures 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 orders for clarity, transcribe orders, maintain medical records, and perform PI audits and data entry.
• Provide clinical support: clean work areas, troubleshoot equipment, manage supplies, transport patients and specimens, and orient new staff and students.
• Provide direct personal care per care plans, including vital signs, measurements, and basic patient assistance.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute educational materials.

Skills

English fluency

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.

UNC Health Caldwell Telemetry

Do you love cardiac nursing? The unique complexity of the heart and the importance of every heartbeat? Telemetry is the unit for you! Make a difference for patients who have heart catheterizations and stabilization of cardiac functions with the opportunity to provide life-changing education to improve their quality of life. Become part of a team in a family atmosphere where support and comradery are an everyday occurrence. Self-scheduling allows flexibility to meet life's needs. Let us help you with your additional degrees with Tuition Reimbursement;Nurse Professional advancement with a Nursing Clinical Ladder. We also offer competitive salary rates and great benefits! UNC Health Caldwell is the place you belong!

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: Caldwell Memorial Hospital

Organization Unit: Nursing 4 West Telemetry

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.

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