PD Unit Clerk/Care Partner

Guthrie Enterprise•Sayre, PA

About The Position

This dual-role position combines Unit Clerk and Care Partner responsibilities. The employee performs clerical, communication, and reception duties on assigned nursing units and works with the patient care team to provide care to specific patient populations. The employee maintains competency in population-specific physical, communication, safety, nutrition, and psychosocial needs. Patient care is provided under the direction of an RN or LPN, alongside unit support and administrative tasks.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Successfully completed a CNA training course, or at least one year of experience in a nurse aide or equivalent role, or currently enrolled in a licensed nurse education program and successfully completed a fundamentals of nursing course.
Maintain CPR certification.
Demonstrate strong communication and organizational skills.
Ability to communicate using telephones and computer systems.

Responsibilities

Assist with patient care under the direction of an RN/LPN, including lifting, turning, positioning, feeding, range-of-motion exercises, mobilization, transfers, ambulation, and exercise protocols.
Perform hygiene and personal care, including toileting, shaving, washing, hair care, dental and mouth care, and AM/PM hygiene.
Perform assigned care tasks including discontinuing Foley catheters, simple dressing changes, incentive spirometry supervision, surgical preparation, postmortem care, cleansing enemas, and removal of peripheral IV catheters.
Observe confused or difficult patients and sit with patients requiring one-to-one observation for safety or suicide precautions, as assigned.
Measure and accurately record temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height, weight, intake and output, bowel movements, activities, and activities of daily living.
Collect urine, stool, and sputum specimens and instruct patients in proper collection techniques.
Complete EKGs, transport patients and equipment, transport blood products to and from patient care areas, serve and retrieve trays, distribute water pitchers, and order and distribute nourishment.
Participate in patient safety and satisfaction activities, answer call bells, participate in patient rounding, and report signs of abuse to nursing staff.
Recognize equipment issues, troubleshoot and initiate corrective action, maintain a neat and safe environment, and ensure proper equipment storage.
Inventory and ensure disposition of patients' belongings when they are admitted, transferred, or discharged.
Recognize emergency situations and initiate an appropriate plan of action; notify the RN/LPN of changes in a patient's condition.
Follow hospital and nursing department policies and procedures and support the hospital and nursing department's philosophy.
Maintain CPR certification and demonstrate appropriate practice.
Use equipment and supplies appropriately and cost-effectively, charge supplies accurately, and participate in performance improvement activities.
Communicate effectively and courteously with patients, families, and healthcare team members; answer telephones promptly, identify self, title, and department, and send and receive messages accurately and in a timely manner.
Register patients, assemble and disassemble charts, perform clerical work according to unit guidelines, notify the appropriate RN of STAT orders, implement downtime procedures including order interpretation and transcription as necessary, and make photocopies.