Job Description

CLINICAL ASSISTANT

ABOUT BEAUMONT

Beaumont offers you a world of opportunity throughout Southeast Michigan. With eight hospitals and 155 outpatient sites you\xe2\x80\x99ll have a wide variety of practice settings to choose from. Beaumont has more nationally ranked hospitals in Michigan than any other health system.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Clinical Assistant is a member of the staff who coordinates aspects of patient care by managing communication and clerical tasks essential to the functioning of the unit. In addition to communication and clerical tasks, she/he monitors and stocks supplies. The Clinical Assistant also provides patient care and related functions as delegated by and under the direction of a registered nurse.

BENEFITS

Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health and life-work balance goals.

• Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible scheduling
• Our employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products and services
• Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation assistance
• Savings & retirement plans, disability insurance, identify theft protection and even home and auto insurance
• NEW On-demand pay program \xe2\x80\x93 powered by Payactiv

STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS:

Education / Training:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.

Work Experience:

• Completion of nursing assistant program and/or one year of nursing assistant experience preferred.

Certification, Licensure, Registration:

• AHA BLS Healthcare Provider required within 6 months of employment.
• Nursing Assistant certification preferred.

Other Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively and document information accurately.
• Ability to deal efficiently and effectively with a wide variety of individuals.
• Knowledge of basic medical terminology preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge is preferred.
• Ability to move or lift patients and equipment.
• Ability to demonstrate Beaumont customer service standards and behaviors in all aspects of job performance

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Provide patient care assignments as delegated by and under the direction of a registered nurse.
• Clerical/manages supplies/equipment in designated care areas.
• Provides care to the patient according to the plan of care, unit routine and hospital policy. Documents in electronic medical record.
• Acts as a receptionist and organizes daily work assignment based on unit priorities
• Organizes daily work assignments based on unit priorities.

This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Physical Effort:

• Extensive bending and lifting. Must be able to transfer patients from bed, wheelchair, etc.
• Position requires incumbent to constantly walk, stand and occasionally sit for long periods of time.
• Frequent bending such as for caring for patients in bed.
• Work Environment:

• Outpatient clinic and inpatient hospital settings.
• Frequently exposed to blood, body tissue and fluids.
• Position requires incumbent to be able to hear normal sound with some background noise as in phones, intercoms, alarms, etc.
• Potential risk of an exposure to hazardous medications or waste materials of hazardous medications.

Beaumont Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

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