Clinical Support Tech I - ICU Nights

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

Job summary

UNC Health Care at Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Nursing 4 West ICU, in Lenoir, NC, is seeking a Nursing Assistant I for a full-time night shift. You will support the professional caregiver, transport patients and equipment, and assist with room setup and clerical tasks on the patient care unit.

Responsibilities include assisting with routine examinations, documenting patient changes, providing basic patient care, and participating in safety and quality checks on the unit.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Nursing Assistant I certification required or listed.

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 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 conduct PI audits/data entry.
• Provides clinical support: clean work area, troubleshoot equipment, change linens, check inventory, transport patients/supplies/specimens, orient new staff.
• Provide direct personal care per plan: assist with bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation, measure vital signs, collect specimens, wound care as needed.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute educational materials.

Skills

English fluency

Computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I

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.

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

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.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.