Clinical Support Tech I (Per Diem) - Medical Intensive Care Unit

UNC Health Care; Chapel Hill (NC); Presencial; USD 25.000 - 36.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC, seeks a Per Diem Clinical Support Technician I for the Medical ICU. The role combines nursing assistant and health unit coordinator duties, on a 30-bed critical care unit, with opportunities to develop oncology critical-care subspecialty skills.

Responsibilities include assisting caregivers, handling clerical tasks, transporting patients, and providing direct patient care per plan of care. Strong teamwork and adaptability are essential.

Formación

• Must be fluent in verbal and written English.
• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.

Responsabilidades

• Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, and procure equipment and supplies.
• Critically review patient care documentation and report significant changes to RN or physician.
• Perform clerical tasks: organize workload, greet visitors, review and transcribe orders, maintain medical records, and support PI audits and data entry.
• Provide clinical support: clean work areas, maintain equipment, troubleshoot software/hardware, change linens, check and restock supplies, transport patients and specimens, and orient new staff.
• Provide direct personal patient care per care plan activities; record vitals and measurements; may collect specimens and assist with basic wound care and hygiene.
• Reinforce patient teaching and distribute education materials as requested.

Conocimientos

Fluent English

Computer skills

Educación

High school diploma or GED

Descripción del empleo

Description

The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) is looking for a per diem Clinical Support Technicianto join their team. The Clinical Support Tech I is a dual role of theNursing Assistant I and Health Unit Coordinator (Clerical).

This is a 30-bed critical care unit that offers are for critically ill patients having a wide range of medical and pulmonary diagnoses. The MICU has a rapidly growing oncology patient population which offers staff the additional experience of developing oncology critical-care subspecialty skills. The MICU has a strong sense of teamwork with a focus on continuously teaching and learning.

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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

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Listed as Nurse Aide I Registry with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• 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: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Medical ICU

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00

Salary Range:$18.48 - $25.89 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Rotating

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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.