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Job TitleOutpatient Clinical Care Assistant - Family Medicine, PRN Student Position

                        

LocationCuyahoga Falls

                    

FacilityStow Falls Medical Office Center

                     

DepartmentStow-Falls Express-Regional Operations

                      

Job CodeG13002

                     

ShiftDays

                       

Schedule8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.   

The Family Medicine team is uniquely trained to care for patients as a whole person, regardless of age or sex. The cornerstone of Family Medicine is an ongoing, personal relationship between caregivers and patients to achieve the best possible health outcomes. Caregivers and patients work together to achieve the best possible health outcomes. 

For this position, the candidate must be a person enrolled in college, in some sort of healthcare field, who is looking for flexible hours and healthcare experience while they are in school.

A caregiver in this position works varying hours between 8:00am and 7:00pm with evening/weekend rotations.   

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

Provide or assist with patient care in an outpatient clinic under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Independent Provider (LIP).  Complete the rooming process, including vitals, height, weight, intake questions, documentation and reporting abnormal findings.  Collect patient specimens, perform point of care testing and prepare specimens for transport to the lab.  Prepare patients for and assist with exams, tests and procedures, such as EKG, Holter monitor application, pulse oximetry, hearing and vision screening, disinfection and sterilization.  Administer treatments as directed, including the application of heat or cold, simple sterile dressing changes and applying/removing casts, braces and splints.  Review printed instructions with patients.  Assist with wound care.  Document in the electronic health record.  Assist with setting up the clinic for daily operations, in-baskets, closure of care gaps, maintaining clean and orderly work areas, and closing the clinic. Stock supplies and linens.  Clean, monitor expiration dates and restock dressing supply carts, check AED units and oxygen tanks, and empty needle boxes using appropriate safety measures.  Initiate CPR and other emergency measures.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

A high school diploma or GED.  Understanding of human anatomy, basic patient care activities and math.  If not already obtained, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross is required within the new hire period.  One year of recent healthcare experience in a hospital or ambulatory, homecare, assisted living, nursing home or long-term care setting.  Additional formal training/education may substitute some or all of the required experience. 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

Proficiency in the use of an electronic medical record.  Currently enrolled in college for a healthcare related degree.

Physical Requirements:

Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster. 

                  

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.