Clinic Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross within the new-hire period.

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 delivery of patient care.
• Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care for assigned patients.
• Document care in the patient record and label specimens properly.
• Ask patients about pain and report concerns to the RN/LPN as needed.
• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of units, including patient and unit equipment.
• Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions.
• Clean and maintain patient and unit equipment, including over-bed tables, bed pans, and bedside commodes.
• Immediately report equipment, supply, and maintenance problems to the RN.
• Make hourly patient rounds to ensure safety measures are in place, including appropriate side rails, beds in low and locked positions, phones and call lights within reach, and restraints appropriately applied.
• Ensure bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.
• Perform related tasks such as EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, and documenting vital signs.