Clinical Care Technician CCT, Nurse Assistant, CNA - Interventional Radiology

Overview

Schedule This position is 40 hrs/week, Monday - Friday day shifts. Holiday rotation, but no weekends.

This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. It also involves performing Nursing Support duties: provides basic care services to patients, but does not have an RN or LPN license. Positions in this nursing support work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses depending on their unit.

It is a clinical technologist role with specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience. This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs. It is an experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and vocational or technical education. It works under moderate supervision, handles routine problems, and may require interpretation or deviation from standard procedures and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation.

The Clinical Care Technician works under the supervision of a professional nurse and collaborates to meet the needs of the patient within the scope of the role. This role assists in direct patient care, provides environmental support, and facilitates patient safety on the designated unit and other units as needed. It completes and maintains competencies in role specific skills and provides an environment supportive of the patient and family centered model of care.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Medical Assistant (MA).
• Completion of Nursing Fundamentals in an accredited Nursing program.
• One (1) year of related experience as a Nursing Assistant (NA), Patient Care Assistant (PCA), Critical Care Tech (CCT), or Patient Care Tech (PCT).
• Acute care experience.

The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

• Assists the professional registered nurse in the functional care of patients, ensuring efficient and patient centered care appropriate to the developmental age of the patient population. Performs delegated tasks and communicates all findings/concerns to the professional nurse.
• Provides or assists patients with activities of daily living in a safe, efficient and respectful manner. Assists with patient care procedures as directed by the nurse, using proper body mechanics and ensuring patient dignity.
• Greets patients, families, visitors and other staff according to service standards. Responds to patient and family requests promptly, seeking nurse’s supervision as needed.
• Collects, records, and communicates the patient’s clinical data to the assigned nurse in a timely manner.
• Prepares room for admission/transfer/discharge, assuring standardized equipment is ready for use.
• Transports or accompanies patients as necessary to other areas of the hospital in an efficient, safe, and respectful manner. Acts as a sitter as requested by the nurse, adhering to the sitter guidelines, to ensure patient safety at all times.
• Provides comfort measures such as positioning, changing linen, back rubs, etc. to patients in an efficient, safe, and respectful manner.
• Promotes patient activity by assisting with mobility and range of motion exercises as assigned.
• Sets up for procedures as requested by nursing/medical staff.
• Cleans and discards used equipment and supplies following procedures.
• Collects specimens and performs specimen testing, while maintaining Standard Precautions; prepares specimens for the lab.
• Responsible for care of biomedical equipment, checking par levels and working order for blood pressure cuffs, EKG cables, leads, oximeter cables, etc. Sends malfunctioning equipment to Medical Engineering per established procedure.
• Cleans wounds…