What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Technician Emergency Department position at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute?
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Euclid Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This community-based hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Cuyahoga County on the beautiful coast of Lake Erie. The caregivers at Euclid Hospital have made it an excellent medical facility and a home away from home.
A Clinical Technician provides or assists with basic direct patient care activities under the supervision of an RN with technical skills specifically identified on applicable skills checklists for which training and competency have been established.
The caregiver in this role will work full time – 7:00am-3:00pm/7:00am-7:30pm.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
Physical Requirements
A Clinical Technician provides or assists with basic direct patient care activities under the supervision of an RN with technical skills specifically identified on applicable skills checklists for which training and competency have been established.
The caregiver in this role will work full time – 7:00am-3:00pm/7:00am-7:30pm.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
- Provide or assist with patient care under the supervision of an RN. Patient care may include vital signs, weight, assisting patients with personal care and activities of daily living, patient transfers/transport, pulse oximetry, point of care testing, dressing changes, applying external monitoring devices and removing urinary Foley catheter.
- Report abnormal findings or changes in physical, 3mental and emotional conditions to an RN.
- Assist with keeping patients’ rooms clean and orderly.
- A high school diploma or GED.
- Nursing students: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
- One year of recent, full-time patient care experience OR nursing student who has completed at least one clinical rotation as part of an accredited nursing school program OR military experience in the medical field.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it during your new hire period.
Physical Requirements
- Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
- Medium Work – Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force rarely, and/or 0 to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.
- Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
