Clinical Support Tech I - ICU Nights

UNC Health; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Lenoir, NC is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to support the professional caregiver in delivering patient care, transport patients and equipment, and maintain patient rooms. This role includes clerical tasks and a wide range of unit support duties on a 36-hour weekly schedule with night shifts.

Responsibilities include assisting with examinations, documenting patient information, taking vital signs, and helping orient new staff.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in verbal and written English.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Listed as Nursing Assistant I by NC DHHS; BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and providers with routine exams and procedures; procures equipment and supplies.
• Transcribes orders; reviews documentation for clarity and accuracy; maintains medical records.
• Provides clerical support and patient interactions; greets visitors and relays information to nurses and physicians.
• Provides clinical support including cleaning areas, transporting patients, restocking supplies, and orienting new staff and students.
• Performs personal care tasks as outlined in care plans; measures vital signs and records measurements.
• Reinforces patient instructions and distributes education materials.

Skills

English fluency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I license (NC)

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.

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

• 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

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: Caldwell Memorial Hospital
• Organization Unit: Nursing 4 West ICU
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• 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: Night Job
• 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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