Children's Hospital Resource Pool Clinical Associate

WVU Medicine

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Associate performs direct and indirect patient care activities under the supervision of a registered professional nurse. The role assists in providing high-quality, cost-effective care through delegated tasks and proactively interacts with patients, families, and other customers to support a family-centered experience. This position is in the Children's Hospital Resource Pool, with a varied shift schedule that may include days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Listed shift times are 7 a.m.–7 p.m. and 7 p.m.–7 a.m.; scheduled weekly hours are 12.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain Basic Life Support or HeartSaver First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrate competency in using Safe Patient Handling equipment.
Excellent communication skills and a strong customer-service orientation.
Ability to handle multiple simultaneous demands.
Good time-management skills.
Ability to perform heavy/hard work involving strength or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking; handle materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and push or pull carts weighing up to 200 pounds.
Ability to sit, walk, or stand for prolonged periods.
Use lift equipment and/or other patient-handling aids for transfers, lifts, and repositioning as indicated by the patient's profile and applicable algorithms.

Nice To Haves

Prior patient care experience.

Responsibilities

Provide basic physical care as directed by a registered nurse to promote patient comfort.
Assist assigned patients with activities of daily living in a timely manner, including making assigned beds.
Transport patients safely to tests and procedures in accordance with the Safe Patient Handling Policy and escort patients for discharge.
Transport specimens and other items throughout the facility.
Perform assigned tests, such as glucose monitoring and urine and stool testing, and maintain quality-control tests and logs according to department policy. CNAs on the Subacute Unit may not perform glucose monitoring.
Perform routine phlebotomy, excluding line draws, in departments designated by management.
Obtain and record assigned patient temperatures, pulse rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, intake and output, weights, and abdominal girths according to department policy.
Set up equipment needed to administer oxygen and encourage use of incentive spirometers according to respiratory care procedures.
Observe patient concerns or changes in condition and immediately report them to a registered nurse.
Prepare patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures according to department procedures.
Assist physicians and registered nurses with examinations and procedures.
Assist with basic rehabilitation and physical therapy activities, including active and passive range of motion and ambulation.
Communicate nutrition concerns to the registered nurse, including poor appetite or a patient's stated lack of understanding about diet changes.
Provide total care within scope of practice, including vital signs and activities of daily living, when assigned sitter or constant-visual responsibilities.
Maintain a clean and safe environment to help prevent or control infections and protect patients, visitors, and employees.
Clean assigned unit equipment according to department procedures and promptly report necessary equipment repairs to appropriate personnel.
Assist with routine unit operations as directed or needed to support communication and unit functioning.
Answer the telephone courteously and promptly, identifying self and unit.
Answer patient call bells courteously and relay messages to appropriate personnel.
Relay accurate telephone, visitor, and patient messages promptly to appropriate persons.
Complete errands promptly as requested.
May have limited access to medications as unlicensed assistive personnel, including transporting non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.
Remove out-of-date items.