Description

CST II

Location: Vascular-Interventional Radiology-Memorial Hospital

Scheduled Work Hours: Full Time (40 hours/week, weekdays only)

The Clinical Support Technician II is responsible for assisting the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patient, supplies, specimens and/or equipment, setting up and maintaining Procedural Rooms and performing a wide range of clerical, transcription, and maintenance of the procedural unit. The role performs patient care requiring clinical and procedural knowledge and skills requiring the use of sterile techniques, infusion monitoring, and radiological medical equipment. The CST II also coordinates/participates in the flow of communications on the procedure unit.

The Clinical Support Technician II will not be given a defined patient care assignment but will assist the flow of patients through the hospital and department. The Clinical Support Technician II duties will also include greeting and directing visitors, answering the telephone, assist with routine quality assurance audits, safety checks, cleaning the work area between procedures, changing linens, restocking supplies, and transport.

Vascular Interventional Radiology and UNC Health support and equitable and inclusive culture. Teamwork, efficiency, and effective communication are essential to our interdisciplinary approach. Vascular Interventional Radiology at UNC combines compassionate, complex, and intricate care with a wide variety of advanced technologic, minimally invasive procedures. Our department has 10 state-of-the-art procedure suites and a 16 bed pre/recovery unit.

This position is 40 hours/week with 8-hour weekday shifts, Monday thru Friday, to support work life balance. The position qualifies for UNC’s generous benefits package including PTO accrual, and the Nursing Support Commitment Incentive Program.

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Summary:
The Clinical Support Technician II is responsible for assisting the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patient and / or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and performing a wide range of clerical, transcription, and maintenance of the patient care unit desk area functions. Performs patient care requiring clinical and procedural knowledge and skills requiring the use of sterile techniques, infusion monitoring, and medical equipment. Coordinates the flow of communications on the patient care unit. The Clinical Support Technician II may or may not be given a defined patient care assignment based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager / charge nurse. Tracks supply inventory, orders supplies and special items. Assists unit with clerical and administrative support including PI audits and data entry.

Responsibilities:
1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies.
2. Critically review patient care documentation making note of any significant changes in the patient's condition and make an immediate report to a registered nurse or physician.
3. Provide a variety of clerical tasks to include but not limited to organizing and prioritizing workload, greeting and directing visitors, researching information as requested by nurses and physicians, reviewing orders for logic and clarity, revising orders as requested by the nurse, answering the telephone/ patient call lights, transcribing physician orders, and maintaining medical records. Perform routine quality assurance audits, safety checks, and inventory of supplies.
4. Provide administrative and clerical support including PI audits and data entry
5. Provide clinical support assistance to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, maintaining office equipment, troubleshooting common software and hardware problems, changing linens, checking supply inventory, re-stocking supplies, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, and assisting in the orientation of new employees and students.
6. Provide direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care activities such as bathing, dressing, feeding, assisting with ambulation. Measure and record vital signs, and patient height and weight. May be responsible for specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, and/or postural drainage. Performs Oxygen room set-up and monitors oxygen flow-rate, performs oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning, tracheostomy care, fecal impaction removal, sterile dressing change wound irrigation, IV fluid assembly and monitoring, IV site care and discontinue peripheral IV, ostomy irrigation and care, urinary catheterization and irrigation, performs established oral, nasogastric, gastrostomy tube feeding
7. Reinforce routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers

Other Information

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: VIR Prep/Recovery-Main

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $18.84 - $26.77 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.