Children's Hospital Resource Pool - Clinical Associate

WVU Medicine

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Children's Hospital Resource Pool 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 through delegated tasks and proactively interacts with patients, families, and other customers to promote a family-centered experience. This position works a rotating schedule that includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays, with shifts of 7 a.m.–7 p.m. or 7 p.m.–7 a.m. The 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.
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.
Able to meet the physical demands of heavy/hard work, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking; handling materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds; and pushing or pulling carts weighing up to 200 pounds.
Able to sit, walk, or stand for prolonged periods.
Patient transfers, lifts, and repositioning must use lift equipment or other patient-handling aids as indicated by the patient’s profile and applicable algorithms; the posting cites NIOSH guidance to limit safe patient handling to 35 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Prior patient-care experience.

Responsibilities

Provide basic physical care to promote patient comfort as directed by the 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 and escort patients at discharge in accordance with WVUH’s 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. 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 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 the Incentive Spirometer 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 RN, including poor appetite or a patient’s stated lack of understanding of diet changes.
Provide 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 equipment repair needs to appropriate personnel.
Assist with routine unit operations as directed or needed to support smooth communication and unit functioning.
Answer the telephone courteously and promptly, identifying self and unit; answer patient call bells and relay messages to appropriate personnel.
Relay accurate telephone, visitor, and patient messages promptly to appropriate people and complete errands as requested.
Handle limited medication access as unlicensed assistive personnel, including transporting non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.
Remove outdated items.