5 East ICU- Clinical Associate-Nights

WVU Medicine

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Associate performs direct and indirect patient care activities under the supervision of a registered professional nurse. The role supports high-quality, cost-effective care by carrying out delegated tasks and proactively interacting with patients, families, and other customers to provide a family-centered experience. This position is in the 5 East ICU and is scheduled for nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with 24 scheduled hours per week.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain Basic Life Support or HeartSaver First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrate competency in the use of Safe Patient Handling equipment.
Excellent communication skills and a strong customer-service orientation.
Ability to deal with multiple simultaneous demands.
Good time-management skills.
Ability to perform heavy 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; the posting notes NIOSH’s recommendation to limit safe patient handling to 35 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Prior patient-care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide basic physical care under the direction of 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 and escort patients at discharge, following the Safe Patient Handling Policy.
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. On the Subacute Unit, CNAs may not perform glucose monitoring.
Perform routine phlebotomy, excluding line draws, in departments designated by management.
Obtain and record assigned temperatures, pulse rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, intake and output, weights, and abdominal girths according to departmental policy.
Set up equipment needed for oxygen administration and encourage use of incentive spirometers 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 concerns to the registered nurse, including 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 protect patients, visitors, and employees.
Clean assigned unit equipment according to departmental procedures and promptly report necessary equipment repairs to appropriate personnel.
Assist with routine unit operations as directed or needed to support smooth communication and functioning of the unit.
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 people and complete errands promptly.
Have limited access to medications as an unlicensed assistive personnel, including transporting non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.
Remove out-of-date items.