Clinical & Quality Assistant

Responsibilities:

The Clinical & Quality Assistant is an important member of the Telemetry team.

The Telemetry Unit is a fast-paced, high acuity 42-all private bed unit. Certified by the Joint Commission in Stroke and Heart Failure. Nationally recognized by the American Heart Association for maintaining high quality metrics in the management of Stroke, Heart Failure, and Atrial Fibrillation.

Essential Functions:

• The Clinical & Quality Assistant assists other members of health-care team to deliver safe, appropriate quality patient care
• Assists with or provides basic nursing care in order to help the nurse meet the activities of daily living for the patient
• Assists with patient mobility needs including turning, positioning, transferring, and ambulation of patients as directed, using appropriate and proper body mechanics and assistive devices
• Responds to emergency situations within the scope of their training and performs under the direction of the RN staff (i.e. CPR).
• Performs vital signs (VS), including use of automatic blood pressure (BP) machine as directed by the nursing staff
• Under the direction of RN, provides basic skin care to prevent skin breakdown and maintain/improve skin integrity
• Answers call bells and responds to patient's requests which are within their scope or communicates the need to the nurse.
• Transfers and moves all patient age groups via wheelchair, bed or stretcher to appropriate locations within the hospital
• Maintains open communication with department staff and accepts direction to ensure a safe environment
• Possesses and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment in order to ensure a safe environment
• Understands and respects patients' rights to privacy and dignity in order to maintain patient confidentiality
• Ensures that equipment and supplies considered essential are functional, safe and readily accessible in order to provide a safe environment
• Performs department specific maintenance duties as appropriate to department
• Acts as a patient advocate to ensure safe, appropriate, quality patient care
• Adheres to standards of practice for infection control and universal precautions
• Assists with communications between Department Manager, House Supervisor and unit staff regarding the 24-Hour Report, admissions, transfers and bed availability to operationalize department activities
• Answer phone, faxes request for patient information and physician discharge instructions to primary care provider per HIPAA guidelines.
• Organizes, maintains, and updates departmental files and records (e.g., patient’s clinical record, unit statistics, old records, etc.) in an accurate manner to provide for timely and efficient processing of information
• Copies and faxes records in a prompt manner according to established medical records policy in order to fulfill requests from appropriate sources

Schedule: At least 24 hours every six weeks, with at least 8 hours on a weekend and one 8-hour shift on a holiday per year

Qualifications:

Education and Experience: High School Diploma/GED, required

Licenses and Certifications: Nursing Assistant – Certified, Upon hire, preferred

Basic Life Support (BLS), training provided by Grand View

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits to part-time and full-time employees including:

• Wellness and gym discounts & free cardiac rehab gym
• 403B
• On-site discounted childcare center
• Tuition assistance
• Free parking