Under direct supervision of the professional staff, the Clinical and Quality Assistant performs certain non-complex duties related to patient care and functioning of the unit. The Clinical and Quality Assistant functions to support the staff assisting with clerical duties along with delivery of patient care to varied age groups while providing a calm, caring and clean environment. Essential Functions: The Clinical & Quality Assistant assists other members of health-care team to deliver safe, app... more details
Clinical & Quality Assistant
Job ID
2024-9369
Job Locations
US-PA-Sellersville
Status
Full-Time
Shift
Day
Schedule
7:00 am to 7:30 pm, three days per week, every other weekend and every other holiday
Regularly scheduled # hours per pay period (biweekly):
72
Weekend Rotation
Every other
Holiday Rotation
Every other
On Call
No
Responsibilities
Under direct supervision of the professional staff, the Clinical and Quality Assistant performs certain non-complex duties related to patient care and functioning of the unit. The Clinical and Quality Assistant functions to support the staff assisting with clerical duties along with delivery of patient care to varied age groups while providing a calm, caring and clean environment.
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 request 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: 7:00 am to 7:30 pm, three days per week, every other weekend and every other holiday
Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: High School Diploma/GED required
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS: Nursing Assistant – Certified, Upon hire, preferred Basic Life Support (BLS), Upon hire, required
Benefits: • Medical, Free Dental, Vision Insurance for full time and part time • 403b • On-site discounted Child Care Center • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5250 per year • Free Life Insurance • Free Parking • Paid Time Off • Sick Time • Flexible Spending Accounts • Employee Referral Bonus
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