Children's Resource Pool Clinical Associate - 27006

WVU Medicine

5d•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 support a family-centered experience. This position is with the Children's Resource Pool at WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals and is scheduled for 12 hours per week on rotating days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Obtain Basic Life Support or HeartSaver First Aid certification within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrated competency 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 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.
Ability to sit, walk, or stand for prolonged periods.

Nice To Haves

Prior patient care experience.

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.
Safely transport patients to tests and procedures and escort patients for discharge in accordance with WVUH’s Safe Patient Handling Policy.
Transport specimens and other items throughout the facility.
Perform assigned tests, including 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.
Measure 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 for oxygen administration and encourage use of incentive spirometers according to Respiratory Care procedures.
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, such as poor appetite or 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 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 and patient call bells courteously and promptly, identify self and unit when answering the telephone, and relay messages to appropriate personnel.
Promptly complete errands as requested.
Handle limited access to medications as permitted for unlicensed assistive personnel, including transporting non-controlled substances at the request of a licensed care provider.
Remove out-of-date items.