Clinical Support Technician

6 days ago

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States University of Michigan Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Patient Care Specialist to join our team at the University of Michigan Hospital. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will provide exceptional patient care and support to our patients and their families.

Key Responsibilities
  • Observation and Monitoring
    • Obtain and record vital signs, including temperature, height/length, weight, oxygen saturation, and pain scores.
    • Respond to monitor alarms and silence or pause alarms as necessary.
    • Utilize palpation/auscultation and Doppler to determine heart rate and blood pressure.
    • Observe and monitor the physical condition of assigned patients and report any abnormalities to the RN.
  • Specimen Collection
    • Perform point of care testing and maintain and calibrate equipment and supplies.
    • Collect blood specimens from arterial, CVP, and PIC lines.
    • Collect specimens, including urine, stool, sputum, and swabs, and perform urine determination, including sugar, acetone, specific gravity, protein, and pH.
    • Perform finger/heel stick blood collection and chemstick test.
    • Initiate, maintain, and record 24-hour urine collection.
  • Intravenous Lines
    • Discontinue peripheral IVs.
    • Remove peripheral IV dressings.
    • Prime peripheral and central/pressure heparin set-ups.
  • Patient ADLs
    • Assist patients with or administer routine personal hygiene, including baths, oral care, skin care, umbilical cord, and circumcision care.
    • Perform preventative skin care, pre-operative preps, and perineal care.
    • Provide toileting/bedpan/urinal, remove/empty foley catheters, and weigh diapers.
    • Accompany, escort, ambulate, move, turn, dangle, lift, transport, and attend/hold/position patients.
    • Assist with range of motion, apply rehabilitation equipment, and release and apply devices, such as wheelchair seatbelts and adaptive equipment.
    • Provide patient nourishment by passing and collecting trays, providing snacks/beverages, assisting with ordering meals/snacks, and feeding patients.
  • Tube Feedings
    • Perform tube feedings of patients at the direction of the RN and after the RN has established placement just prior to each tube feeding.
  • Urinary Catheters
    • Perform intermittent sterile urinary catheterizations.
    • Perform clean urinary catheterizations (Pediatrics only).
    • Connect, drain, and disconnect urinary catheters.
    • Assemble intermittent bladder irrigation supplies.
    • Discontinue urinary catheters.
    • Apply condom catheter.
    • Determine bladder status with Bladder Scanner.
  • Enemas/Suppositories
    • Administer cleansing enemas that do not contain medication.
    • Apply external Fecal Incontinence Device bags.
  • Wound Care
    • Cleanse and redress non-sterile wounds.
    • Perform simple sterile dressing changes, such as central line dressings.
    • Assist RN with complex dressing changes.
    • Care for permanent drainage sites and apply appropriate collection devices, such as ostomy and G-tube.
    • Apply binders, ACE wraps, hot and cold applications, and provide soaks and special baths.
  • Respiratory Care
    • Assist with tracheostomy care on stable tracheotomies, including cleaning and redressing the area and assisting with tape and tie changes.
    • Perform endotracheal/tracheostomy tube suctioning after assessment by RN of patient stability.
    • Provide ventilation to the intubated/trached patient with an Ambu bag.
    • Assist with Endotracheal tube care and tape changes.
    • Assist with P&PD by holding the patient.
    • Measure and record chest tube drainage, set up Pleurevac, check Pleurevac water levels, and notify RN as needed.
    • Coach/prompts patient to use incentive spirometer and in coughing and deep breathing.
    • Perform routine nasal and/or oral suctioning.
  • Other Interventions
    • Measure and obtain TED hose and apply Sequential Compression Devices.
    • Perform post-mortem care and transport deceased patients to the morgue/pathology.
    • Respond to call lights and alarms and answer unit telephone and relay messages as needed.
    • Empty and measure drainage collection and emesis.
    • Assist RN with admissions, discharges, and transfers.
    • Provide skin care at the direction of the RN, applying select topical emollients containing medication.
    • Initiate emergency care utilizing the?ABC?s??Airway, Breathing, Circulation.
    • Transport materials, supplies, medications, specimens, patient belongings, equipment, and medical records.
    • Perform patient care comfort-safety rounds per unit routine.
    • Assist with application and maintain restraints.
    • Document care provided.
    • Perform 12-lead ECG.
  • Environment
    • Stock supplies and equipment in patient care spaces.
    • Set up patient rooms for admission or procedure.
    • Make up beds with linen, change bed linens, and linen hamper during patient stay.
    • Maintain orderliness of the patient room and unit, including equipment/cords, linen, trash, patient belongings, etc.
    • Clean and maintain inventory and outdates of equipment and supplies in patient care spaces.
    • Clean assigned equipment and areas of work.
    • Obtain, open, and arrange sterile instruments and supplies for specific procedures.
    • Clean, pack, sterilize, and store instruments.
    • Check emergency equipment.
    • Perform clerical duties as needed.
    Requirements
    • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
    • Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) or Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or junior status in an accredited BSN program or 2nd year in accredited ADN program or Bachelors Degree in Applied Medical Science.
    • A minimum 1-year recent experience in an unlicensed assistive role in a patient care setting, such as nurse aide in a hospital setting, or a minimum 2 years experience in such a role in a nursing home or other healthcare environment.
    • Ability to read and write.
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Basic computer skills.
    • Coursework in an Allied Health field.
    Work Schedule

Hours/Week: Up to 40 hrs/week, Minimum of 24 hrs in a 4 week nursing schedule.

Shifts: Day/Eve/Night Rotator, possible 4 hr shifts, 8 hr shifts, or 12 hr shifts.

Work Locations

University of Michigan Hospital.

Adult Neurosurgery/Stoke Unit-4A.

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