Clinical Support Tech I Telemetry Days

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

Job summary

UNC Health Care in North Carolina is hiring for a Nursing Assistant I at Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Nursing 4 West Telemetry. This full-time, onsite role supports physicians, transports patients and supplies, and assists with patient care activities under supervision.

Expected to perform clerical tasks, document patient information, and help with routine quality assurance and inventory. Requires a high school diploma or GED, NC Nursing Assistant I certification, and BLS.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

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 significant changes and reports them to a nurse or physician.
• Performs clerical tasks: organizing workload, greeting visitors, researching information for nurses/physicians, reviewing orders for clarity, transcribing orders, maintaining medical records, and conducting quality assurance audits.

Skills

Fluent English

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

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.

• 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 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 Telemetry

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: Day 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.