Clinical Support Tech - Pediatric Specialty Care Team

Overview

The Pediatric Specialty Care Team cares for inpatient and outpatient pediatric patients that require sedation or anesthesia for procedures or scans outside the operating room. Responsibilities for the CST could include assisting with sedated procedures, intake of patient's pre-procedure, obtaining vital signs, making pre-procedure screening calls to patients/families to prepare patients for their procedure and scheduling appointments for sedated procedures. Hours of work will vary depending on the needs of the pediatric sedation service and will be scheduled Monday through Friday between 7:00am-5:00pm.

This position is full time, 36 hours per week.

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• 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, notes significant changes in the patient’s condition, and reports 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 and 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, restocking 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 activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with ambulation. Measures and records vital signs, 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.

• Education Requirements: High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED).
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Listed as a Nursing Assistant I by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service;
  Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Professional Experience Requirements: Prior experience not required.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Requirements: Must be fluent in verbal and written English; capability to develop computer skills if not competent.

• Legal
  
  Employer:
  
  STATE
• Entity: UNC Medical Center
• Organization Unit: Children's Specialty Care Team
• 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: Day Job
• Location of Job: US:
  
  NC:
  
  Chapel Hill
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt:
  No
• Additional Info: This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If 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.

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