Associate Clinical Assistant - UCA - Surgery Unit

Associate Clinical Assistant - UCA - Surgery Unit

Lynd, MN $34,999 - $46,099 a year

Full Time

Job Summary: Begin a rewarding career journey as an Associate Clinical Assistant supporting surgical nursing care in a full-time night shift role. This position involves working 12-hour shifts from 6pm to 6:30am, providing essential patient care and clerical support to enhance nursing practice.

Essential Responsibilities:

Fiscal Responsibility: Efficiently manage supplies and equipment, complete assignments promptly, and utilize timekeeping systems accurately. Demonstrate productivity, accept extended day off and float assignments, and support unit goals to reduce waste.

Quality: Participate in documentation according to unit standards, stay current with policy updates, problem-solve, multitask within scope, and contribute ideas to improve unit workflow and patient experience. Accept delegated tasks appropriately and engage in teamwork.

Patient Satisfaction: Promote patient satisfaction through timely responses, professional use of personal devices, maintaining a quiet environment, excellent guest relations, and purposeful patient rounding.

Patient Safety: Practice safe patient mobilization, implement fall prevention strategies, use two patient identifiers for all tasks, report unusual occurrences, adjust care routines as needed, and adhere to HIPAA and social media policies.

Professional Growth: Share knowledge with colleagues, participate in orientation and cross-training, demonstrate leadership, serve as a resource and preceptor, identify learning needs, and contribute to departmental goals and in-services.

Customer Service: Engage patients and families with professionalism, maintain a quiet and flexible environment, practice AIDET communication techniques, foster teamwork, and provide holistic care to diverse patient populations.

Education and Experience Required: - High school diploma or equivalent - Basic BLS certification required within 3 months of hire

Work Shift: Night Shift Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

This opportunity is located in a regional healthcare setting within the Midwest United States, offering a supportive and collaborative environment for clinical assistants.

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