Clinical Care Associate, Pre-Op

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Performs daily care activities including bathing, personal hygiene, feeding, and dressing patients.
2. Obtains and records vital signs, intake and output amounts, or other measures as designated, collects and tests blood and urine specimens as required and observes patient's condition and reports abnormal symptoms, unusual conditions or adverse reactions to nurse.
3. Assists patients with position changes, range of motion exercises, standing and walking.
4. Assists physicians and nurses with physical examination and treatments, and performs surgical preps and simple dressing changes. Inserts and removes foley catheters as directed.
5. Provides additional therapies, procedures and treatments, which may include but is not limited to physical, EKG, phlebotomy and physical therapy procedures.
6. Transports patients, equipment, specimens, blood, etc., throughout hospital as required.
7. Maintains patient medical records; obtains information necessary to initiate routine admission procedures as required.
8. Assembles patient charts for new admissions. Enters physician orders for tests, procedures, etc. into computer system. Transcribes medical orders, prints lab reports from Sunquest computer.
9. Maintains a clean, neat and safe environment. Activities may include but are not limited to tidying room, cleaning equipment, changing bed linens, restocking work areas, keeping rooms and hallways clear of debris, emptying trash, defrosting refrigerators, cleaning cabinet surfaces, and completing discharge room cleans.
10. Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injuries to Manager.
11. Assists in the ongoing development and administration of hospital and department Quality Improvement program.

1. Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

REQUIRED

• High school diploma or equivalent education (GED) or post-secondary education or (1) one year work experience.
• Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)

PREFERRED

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Assistant Course and Listed as a CNA on the Georgia Registry

OR

Graduate of a U.S. Military Medic course

OR

Emergency Medical Tech

• One (1) year of patient care experience, as a CNA, PCT, Military Medic, ED Tech or other relevant acute, direct patient care experience.
• Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units.