Clinic Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within the new-hire period.
• Basic math skills and the ability to read and write.

Nice To Haves

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) certification.
• Previous nursing assistance experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with a wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with healthcare team members to promote patient care.
• Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care for assigned patients.
• Seek assistance as necessary with difficult assignments or problem solving.
• Document care provided in the patient record.
• Label specimens properly.
• Ask patients about pain, use a pain scale, and report pain concerns to the RN/LPN as needed.
• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of the unit and patient/unit equipment.
• Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions.
• Clean and maintain patient/unit equipment, including over-bed tables, bed pans, and bedside commodes.
• Immediately report equipment, supply, or maintenance problems to the RN.
• Make hourly patient rounds, based on patient condition, to ensure safety measures are in place, including appropriate side rails, beds in a low and locked position, accessible phones and call lights, and properly applied restraints.
• Ensure bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.
• Use personal protective equipment and universal comfort to assist patients toward independent living.
• Provide for patients’ daily living activities; manage supplies and equipment; transport patients; and complete errands.
• Under RN direction, assist with EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, dressing changes, colostomy care, and documenting vital signs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.