Clinical Associate-7 East-Days

WVU Medicine

6d • 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 completing delegated tasks and proactively interacting with patients, families, and other customers to promote a family-centered experience.

The position is based in the Nursing 7 East cost center at WVUH West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is scheduled for 36 hours per week on the day shift and is non-exempt. The work involves strenuous physical activity, including lifting and moving materials and equipment, pushing and pulling carts, and prolonged periods of sitting, walking, or standing. Patient transfers and repositioning must use lift equipment or other handling aids as indicated by the patient’s profile and applicable algorithms.

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 manage multiple simultaneous demands.
• Good time-management skills.
• Ability to perform heavy or hard work involving strength or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, and walking.
• Ability to 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 appropriate algorithms.

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 in accordance with WVUH’s Safe Patient Handling Policy, and escort patients for discharge.
• 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. 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 patient 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 according to departmental procedure.
• 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 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 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 to appropriate people in a timely manner.
• Complete errands promptly 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED