6 East Part-Time Clinical Associate (rotating)

About the role

The role involves performing direct and indirect patient care activities under the supervision of a registered professional nurse. Duties include assisting in providing high quality, cost-effective care by performing delegated tasks, interacting with patients and their families, and ensuring a family-centered experience.

Responsibilities

• Assists in direct patient care by providing basic physical care to promote patient comfort as directed by the Registered Nurse.
• Affords assistance with activities of daily living to all assigned patients in a timely manner, including making all assigned beds.
• Safely transports and patients according to WVUH's Safe Patient Handling Policy to all tests and procedures as well as escorts patients for discharge.
• Transports specimens and items throughout the facility.
• Performs assigned tests such as glucose monitoring, urine and stool testing and maintains quality control testing & logs, according to department policy.
• On Subacute Unit, CNAs are not permitted to do glucose monitoring.
• Performs routine phlebotomy services, excluding line draws, in departments determined by management.
• Obtains and records assigned patient temperatures, pulse rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, intake and outputs, weights and abdominal girths according to departmental policy.
• Provides respiratory support by properly setting up equipment needed for oxygen administration.
• Encourages the usage of Incentive Spirometer according to Respiratory Care procedure.
• Observes and reports all patient concerns/changes in condition to a registered nurse immediately.
• Prepares patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures according to departmental procedure.
• Affords assistance with examinations and procedures.
• Affords assistance with basic rehab/Physical Therapy activities, i.e. active and passive range of motion and ambulation.
• Communicates with RN regarding any nutrition issues, such as poor appetite or verbalized lack of understanding of diet changes.
• Provides total care within scope of practice (vital signs, activities of daily living) when assigned sitter or constant visual responsibilities.
• Maintains a clean and safe environment to help prevent and/or control infections and to provide for safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Maintains clean assigned, unit equipment according to departmental procedures.
• Reports all necessary equipment repairs to appropriate personnel according to departmental procedure in a timely manner.
• Affords assistance with routine unit operations as directed/needed to assure smooth communication and functioning of the unit.
• Courteously answers telephone in a timely manner, identifying self and unit at all times.
• Courteously answers patient call bell and relays message to the appropriate personnel.
• Relays accurate telephone, visitor and patient messages to appropriate persons in a timely manner.
• Promptly completes errands as requested.
• Removes out of date items.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support or HeartSaver First Aid within 30 days of hire date.
• Prior patient care experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate competency in the use of Safe Patient Handling equipment.
• Excellent communication skills and strong customer service orientation.
• Experience in dealing with simultaneously, multiple demands.
• Good time management skills.

Physical Requirements

Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking. Handling of materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. Pushing/Pulling carts weighing up to 200 pounds. Must be able to sit, walk or stand for prolonged periods of time.

Working Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24
Shift Varied (United States of America)
Exempt/Non-Exempt United States of America (Non-Exempt)
Company WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals
Cost Center 26 WVUH Nursing 6 East
Address 1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown West Virginia
Equal Opportunity Employer West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.