Clinical Support Tech I Telemetry Days

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

Job summary

UNC Health in North Carolina is seeking a Nursing Assistant I to support the professional caregiver team at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in 4 West Telemetry. The role involves transporting patients and equipment, setting up and maintaining rooms, and performing a wide range of clerical tasks to keep the unit running smoothly.

Applicants should have a high school diploma or GED, and be fluent in English with basic computer skills.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians and health care providers with routine examinations and procure equipment and supplies.
• Reviews patient care documentation and reports significant changes to a RN or physician.
• Performs clerical tasks: organizing workload, greeting visitors, researching information, transcribing orders, and maintaining medical records.
• Provides clinical support: transport of patients, supplies, specimens; assist orientation of new staff.
• Provides direct personal patient care as outlined in the plan of care and records vitals and measurements.
• Reinforces patient education and distributes education materials.

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.

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

• 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

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. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.