Clinical Associate-Full Time-Nights

WVU Medicine

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs direct and indirect patient care activities under the supervision of a registered professional nurse. Assists in providing high-quality, cost-effective care by performing delegated tasks and proactively interacts with patients, families, and other customers to ensure a family-centered experience. This is a full-time night position scheduled for 36 hours per week.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain Basic Life Support or HeartSaver First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrated 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.
Meet the physical demands of the role, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, prolonged standing and walking, handling materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, and pushing or pulling carts weighing up to 200 pounds. Patient transfers, lifts, and repositioning must use lift equipment or other handling aids as indicated by the patient’s profile and applicable algorithms.

Nice To Haves

Prior patient care experience.

Responsibilities

Provide basic physical care to promote patient comfort as directed by a Registered Nurse.
Assist assigned patients with activities of daily living in a timely manner, including making assigned beds.
Safely transport patients to tests and procedures according to WVUH’s 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 testing and logs according to department policy. CNAs on the Subacute Unit may not perform glucose monitoring.
Perform routine phlebotomy services, excluding line draws, in departments determined by management.
Obtain and record assigned patient temperatures, pulse rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, intake and outputs, weights, and abdominal girths according to departmental policy.
Set up equipment needed for oxygen administration and encourage incentive spirometer use according to Respiratory Care procedure.
Immediately report patient concerns or changes in condition to a registered nurse.
Prepare patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures and 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 issues to the RN, such as poor appetite or a patient’s stated lack of understanding of 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 support the safety of patients, visitors, and employees.
Clean assigned unit equipment according to departmental procedures and report necessary equipment repairs promptly to appropriate personnel.
Assist with routine unit operations as directed or needed to support smooth communication and functioning.
Answer telephone calls courteously and promptly, identifying self and unit; answer patient call bells and relay messages to appropriate personnel.
Relay telephone, visitor, and patient messages accurately and promptly to appropriate persons.
Complete errands promptly as requested.
Have limited access to medications as an unlicensed assistive person, including transporting non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.
Remove out-of-date items.