Clinical Support Tech I (Per Diem) - Transplant Acute Care Unit

UNC Health; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Clinical Support Tech I (Nursing Assistant I + clerical) for the Transplant Acute Care Unit 5 West. This 15-bed unit handles abdominal transplant, urology, and plastic surgery patients, offering high-level, coordinated care with an interprofessional team.

This per diem, onsite role requires 24 hours monthly minimum with rotating 12-hour shifts (7am-7:30pm; 7pm-7:30am), including weekends and holidays. State employment with UNC Health benefits applies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
• Nurse Aide I Registry with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Fluency in verbal and written English is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist professional caregivers in delivering patient care and transporting patients/equipment.
• Review patient care documentation and report significant changes to a registered nurse or physician.
• Perform clerical tasks: organize workload, greet visitors, review orders for logic and clarity, transcribe orders, and maintain medical records.
• Provide clinical support including cleaning work areas, troubleshooting basic software/hardware, stocking supplies, transporting items, and orienting new staff.
• Provide direct personal care per plan of care: bathing, dressing, feeding, ambulation, vitals, and specimen collection as needed.
• Reinforce patient education and distribute materials as directed by nurses or physicians.

Skills

English fluency

Clerical support

Patient care basics

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Basic computer skills

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.

Clinical Support Tech I (Nursing Assistant I + clerical) needed for Transplant Acute Care Unit - 5 West. This is a 15-bed unit dedicated to caring for abdominal transplant, urology and plastic surgery patients. Our patient care team delivers highly specialized cutting-edge care. Each year, we perform over 125 kidney, pancreas, and liver transplants. Our transplant program is certified by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and is one of the most accomplished and devoted transplant teams in the region. We strive to improve clinical outcomes through an interprofessional approach of education, research, and clinical medicine. We are the inpatient home for the nationally ranked UNC Urology partnering with the physicians to deliver individualized care in a coordinated and compassionate manner. In addition to urology and abdominal transplant, our staff cares for high-risk plastic surgery patients requiring reconstructive grafts and surgery related to tissue injuries. These patients have complex wound management needs, which our expert staff manages.

This is a Per Diem/ at-will position requiring the ability to work a minimum of 24 hours monthly; Shifts are for rotating day & night, 12 hours (7am-7:30pm & 7pm-7:30am), with weekend and holiday rotation.

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 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: Transplant 5 West

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.

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