Job Description
What Makes Us Different?
With Our Lady of Lourdes, we offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, we are here to create a spirit of healing - and we invite you to join our team today if you would like to be part of that spirit. In addition to competitive salaries and generous benefits, we offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day. Additionally, you can expect:
Tuition reimbursement
Growth opportunities
Affordable employee benefits
A community culture where you don't feel lost in a large health system
Job Summary
The Clinical Associate performs various patient care activities and related nonprofessional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients. The Clinical Associate assists with patient bathing, feeding, and preparation for treatment, takes and records vital signs, changes bed linen, prepares treatment trays and other supplies, and assists nursing service personnel with a variety of other patient care duties that they have verified competencies in. Relies on establish guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision of the nurse.
Minimum Requirements
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Training: Completion of a CNA or Medical Assistant training program
Special skills: Communication and customer service skills; computer skills
Licensure: CNA or Medical Assistant; CPR
Apply now! Here, you are more than an employee. You are a team member, a co-worker, our friend and part of our family. Our healthcare team is working together to heal this community one patient at a time!
Responsibilities

1. Assures admission paperwork is available and actively participates in the admission process.
   Actively participates in administering patient care and ensures a safe and comforting environment.
   Responds to patients needs in a timely manner.
   Assists patients with ADLs including meals, bathing, and hygiene needs.
   Performs/assists with range of motion exercises and ambulation. Performs cardiac rehab exercises with patients per protocol.
   Performs/assists with positioning patients and transferring patients from bed to chair or wheelchair or stretcher. Transports patients as needed.
   Reports abnormal conditions to the RN in a timely manner.
   Maintains personal responsibility for professional growth and development.
   Applies the knowledge of growth and development to appropriate patient populations.
   Maintains patient confidentiality.
   Maintains universal precautions.
   Performs Point of Care procedures in a timely manner according to established policy and procedure. Documents required information and complies with all Point of Care quality control standards
   Observes intravenous lines for adequacy of fluids and operations and reports any nonfunctioning line visually observed.
   Performs oral suctioning with a Yankauers.
   Establishes patient setup/connection tasks including inputting patient specific data for hemodynamic monitor use, SaO2, and EKG.
   Demonstrates ability to perform 12 lead EKG.
   Assists with collection of specimens, such as urine, stool, or sputum, blood.
   Obtains weight and basic patient information for new admissions.
   Monitors and performs vital signs using a variety of equipment, and reports abnormalities/unanticipated changes to RN.
   Performs blood glucose monitoring.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of CNA program, Medical Assistant Program, PCA or similar program
• BLS certification
• Basic EKG skills