Clinical Support Tech I ICU PRN

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

Job summary

UNC Health Caldwell ICU in North Carolina seeks a Nursing Assistant I to support the professional caregiver in patient care, transport, room setup, and clerical tasks. The role involves assisting with documentation, taking vital signs, and contributing to patient education.

Position is per diem, onsite at Caldwell Memorial Hospital's ICU, 12 hours per week, with a salary range of $16.51–$23.62 per hour. Hiring offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

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 preferred or required.

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 including organizing workload, greeting visitors, researching information for nurses and physicians, reviewing and revising orders, transcribing physician orders, and maintaining medical records.
• Provides clinical support including cleaning work area, maintaining equipment, troubleshooting software/hardware, changing linens, checking inventory, transporting patients and specimens, and orienting new staff.
• Provides direct personal care per plan of care: bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulating, recording vitals, and other routine tasks.
• Reinforces patient education and distributes educational materials.

Skills

Fluent in English

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nursing Assistant I certification

Job description

UNC Health Caldwell ICU

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. Is your passion to provide patient critical care while assisting their families through an uncertain time? If so, you were meant for ICU. There is opportunity to work with interdisciplinary teams (onsite hospitalists, intensivists, and virtual physicians) with management of patients’ needs. Advanced interventions are utilized to provide specific diagnostic results to assist with the plan of care for each patient. 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!

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: Nursing 4 West ICU

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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