Clinical Aide - Relocation Offered!
Company: MEDSTAR HEALTH
Location: Clinton
Posted on: October 14, 2024
Job Description:
General Summary of PositionAssists nurses, technologists,
radiologists, and clerical staff in providing service and
assistance to patients having procedures in the Radiology
Department. Incumbents in this position may perform all, or a
combination of the duties described depending upon their assigned
work area and the specific needs of the department.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares patient for procedure, positions patient on the exam
table. (May assist patient with changing clothes.) Checks for the
appropriate clinical indication for the procedure ordered and
ensures patient has a written order for the procedure from the
referring physician. Transports patient to and from procedure room
and/or nursing unit. Escorts and provides assistance to patients
going to the bathroom.
- Loads contrast into pressure injector per manufacturer's
guidelines.
- Monitors environmental maintenance of department. Cleans up
used supplies, linen, and equipment after each procedure. Stocks
rooms with needed supplies and linens daily.
- Sets up trays, supplies, and saline solutions used in
procedures while maintaining a sterile field.
- Maintains records and forms in the department. Monitors
inventory of medical materials and office supplies and requests
replenishment to maintain adequate stock levels
- Prepares equipment and supplies for processing by Sterile
Processing Department. Locates equipment and supplies as
needed.
- Acts as liaison between radiology department and other
departments (i.e., Linen Services, Facilities, Telecommunications,
Environmental Services) as necessary.
- Provides coverage at the Reception Desk as needed by providing
telephone coverage, greeting patients, directing visitors, and
scheduling patients for procedures if necessary. Notifies technical
staff when patient wait is more than 15 minutes and explains
delay(s) to the patient.
- Transports laboratory specimens and retrieves drugs and blood
products.
- Participates in the orientation of new Tech Aides,
transporters, and material managers. Assists with processing of
Fellows and/or Residents within the department.
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Minimum Qualifications Education
- High School Diploma or GED required and
- with preferred additional training required or
- experience as a Nursing Assistant. required
Experience
- Less than 1 year 0 to six months experience required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Requires the ability to read and write; knowledge of grammar,
and arithmetic including fractions and decimals. May require the
use of standard office/medical equipment (i.e., computers, data
terminal, on line printer, calculator telephone, facsimile, copier,
sterilizing equipment, glucose meters, thermometers,
dynamaps).
- COMPLEXITY & JUDGEMENT: Work consists of a number of moderately
complex, varied though standardized tasks. Job holder makes some
decisions, using standard instructions, policies, protocols and/or
procedures for guidance. Supervisor is consulted to handle
non-standard activities.
- CONTACT /INTERACTIONS: Contacts/interactions in own department,
including multiple locations of the same, are continuous and
involve obtaining/providing information. Contacts/interactions
extending beyond own department, but generally remaining within SMH
and/or MedStar affiliates are frequent and involve
obtaining/providing information with interpretation and/or
explanation. Contacts/interactions extending beyond WHC and MedStar
affiliates are limited and involve obtaining/providing
information.
- IMPACT ON CUSTOMER/BUSINESS RELATIONS: Inappropriate decisions
and errors would usually be detected in succeeding operations
within a department and/or work area (s). Most work is verified or
checked, during or shortly after completion; correction may involve
re-checking by others. Mistakes may result in inconvenience to, and
cause dissatisfaction of patients, visitors, and/or other Southern
Maryland Hospital Center personnel. Errors could result in some
financial expense, with short-term consequences.
This position has a hiring range of $17.5 - $27.23
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Keywords: MEDSTAR HEALTH, Wheaton-Glenmont , Clinical Aide - Relocation Offered!, Healthcare , Clinton, Maryland
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