Clinical Support Tech - Pediatric Specialty Care Team Job Chapel Hill area,North Carolina USA,Healthcare

Position: Clinical Support Tech I - 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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Responsibilities

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.

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 making note of any significant changes in the patient s condition and make an immediate report to a registered nurse or physician.

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.

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.

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.

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

Other Information

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/and Abilities Requirements: Must be fluent in verbal and written English language. Capability to develop computer skills if not competent.

Job Details

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

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.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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