Clinical Support Tech I Acute Care Days

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance to physicians and other healthcare providers during routine examinations and procedures.
• Procures necessary equipment and supplies as needed.
• Critically reviews patient care documentation and reports significant changes in the patient’s condition immediately.
• Performs a variety of clerical tasks such as organizing and prioritizing workload, greeting and directing visitors, researching information, transcribing physician orders, answering the telephone, and patient call lights.
• Maintains medical records and performs routine quality assurance audits, safety checks, and inventory of supplies.
• Provides administrative and clerical support including PI audits and data entry.
• Supports clinical needs by providing assistance with 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.
• Assists in direct personal care to patients as outlined in their plan of care, including bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with ambulation, measuring and recording vital signs, and patient height and weight.
• Conducts specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, and postural drainage.
• Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by registered nurses or physicians and documents patient understanding of instructions.
• Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or healthcare providers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED).
• Licensed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Ability to develop computer skills if not competent.