What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Technician - Pre/Post Op position at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute?
Clinical Technician – Pre/Post Op
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Martin North Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This downtown Stuart hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County on the beautiful Indian River. The caregivers at Martin North Hospital have made it not only an excellent medical facility, but also a home away from home.
As a Clinical Technician, you will care for surgical outpatients in the pre-operative and post-operative areas.
A caregiver in this position works 6:00am – 6:30pm or 7:30am—8:00pm on-call requirements.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
Physical Requirements
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Martin North Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This downtown Stuart hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County on the beautiful Indian River. The caregivers at Martin North Hospital have made it not only an excellent medical facility, but also a home away from home.
As a Clinical Technician, you will care for surgical outpatients in the pre-operative and post-operative areas.
A caregiver in this position works 6:00am – 6:30pm or 7:30am—8:00pm on-call requirements.
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, mental and emotional conditions to an RN.
- Assist with keeping patients’ rooms clean and orderly.
- Complete an internal training program within two weeks of start date.
- 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 as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1).
- Additional education/training may substitute for some or all the required experience.
- 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.