Clinical Assistant (CA) - OBGYN -- FAMILY BIRTH CENTER -- Mon Medical Center Main Campus

CAMC Health System•Morgantown, WV

About The Position

The Clinical Assistant (CA) in the Family Birth Center provides direct and indirect nursing care within the role’s scope of practice, supporting a positive, patient-centered experience for families from admission through discharge. The role assists medical professionals with patient management, record keeping, notarization, birth certificate completion, paternity applications, scheduling, billing, clerical work, and delegated patient-care assignments. The OB Clinical Assistant welcomes families, registers mothers and newborns at admission, and collects identification and billing information. Patient-care duties include taking vital signs, assisting with activities of daily living, glucose monitoring, urine testing, quality-control testing and logs, and recording intake, output, and daily weights for mothers and newborns. The role also completes newborn hearing screenings; answers calls and call bells; prepares rooms and turns them over; orders supplies and equipment; reports equipment repairs; and assists with operating-room cleaning and delivery-room setup while maintaining aseptic technique. At discharge, the CA transports patients and reviews proper infant car-seat placement. The CA also helps maintain a safe environment, including infant security and camera monitoring. This is a special part-time position at Mon Medical Center Main Campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. The work schedule varies.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period and renewed every two years.
Demonstrated proficiency with routine patient-care procedures acquired through on-the-job training.
Ability to perform heavy work: exerting up to 100 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and more than 20 pounds constantly.

Nice To Haves

Computer literacy.
Familiarity with medical terminology.

Responsibilities

Welcome and assist Family Birth Center families from admission through discharge.
Register mothers and newborns upon admission and collect patient identification information for billing.
Provide total care within the scope of practice, including vital signs and activities of daily living.
Perform assigned glucose monitoring, urine testing, and quality-control testing, and maintain related logs according to unit policy.
Obtain and record mother and newborn intake, output, and daily weights.
Answer telephone calls and call bells.
Prepare rooms and complete patient room turnover.
Order office supplies and equipment needed for patient care.
Complete newborn hearing screenings.
Report necessary equipment repairs.
Assist with cleaning the operating room and setting up delivery rooms while maintaining aseptic technique.
Transport discharged patients and review proper infant car-seat placement.
Help maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors, and employees, including infant security system and camera monitoring.
Assist medical professionals with patient management, record keeping, notarization, birth certificate completion, and paternity applications.
Perform scheduling, billing, clerical tasks, and delegated patient-care assignments.