Clinical Support Tech II (Per Diem) - UNC Medical Center - Vascular 5 Anderson

About the role

Responsible for assisting the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patients and/or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and performing a wide range of clerical, transcription, and maintenance functions for the patient care unit desk area.

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, noting any significant changes in the patient's condition and reporting immediately to a registered nurse or physician.
• Provides a variety of clerical tasks including 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 including 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 the plan of care, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation.
• Measures and records vital signs, 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 documents patient understanding of instructions.
• Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
• Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services or licensed as a Nursing Assistant II by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• One (1) year of clerical or customer service experience and three (3) months of nursing assistant experience.
• Must be fluent in verbal and written English language.
• Capability to develop computer skills if not already competent.

Pay

$19.12 - $27.17 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Schedule

• Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 6.00
• Work Schedule: Rotating
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Location: Chapel Hill, NC