Description
Women's Specialty Unit is seeking a Clinical Support Tech to join their unit. The Clinical Support Tech is a dual role of the Nursing Assistant I and the Health Unit Coordinator (Clerical).
Must be a Certified Nursing Assistant I.
Position Offering:
- Shift: Rotating must be able to work both day and night shifts with rotating weekends and holidays.
- Hours: Full time; 36 Hours Per Week; Three 12 hour shifts a week
- Entity: UNC Medical Center
- Location: Chapel Hill, NC
- Care for patients who have an actual and/or potential diagnosis of cancer
- Specialize in care of women after fetal loss or infant complications
- Provides bed availability for radiation therapy.
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)
- Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Prior experience not required.
- Must be fluent in verbal and written English language. Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.
Women's Specialty Unit (WSU) is a 14\-bed unit located on the 4th floor of Basnight Cancer Hospital. The inpatient unit is designated as Gynecology Benign and Gynecology Oncology reporting in the Women's Hospital Service Line.
The team:
This position qualifies for an extensive benefit package including PTO hours, which are accrued based on the number of worked hours. This position requires the ability to attend the required weeklong hospital orientation offered every two weeks.
Orientation Schedule: Monday and Tuesday \- In person from 8am to 4pm; Wednesday \- 8am to 10am Virtual and in person from 1pm to 5 pm; and Thursday and Friday \- Virtual.
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:
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
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### Job Details
Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: Women's Specialty Unit
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36\.00
Salary Range: $18\.12 \- $25\.51 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Rotating
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.
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 applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.