Clinical Technician - Surgical Telemetry

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Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, thisstate-of-the-artacute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.

Tradition Hospital’s 3rd Floor Surgical Telemetry Unitspecializes inmedical monitoringfordiversepost-operativepopulations, including thoserecoveringfromgallbladder removals, spinalsurgeriesornervepain.As a Clinical Technician on this team, you willassistwith basic patient care,maintainroomcleanlinessanddemonstrateempathy and compassion in all activities and interactions.Ultimately, yourefforts play a direct role in our mission to continuously provide the best healthcare experience possible to everyone within the Cleveland Clinicsystem.

A caregiver in this position worksdays from 6:00AM - 6:30PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide orassistwith patient care under the supervision of an RN. Patient care may include vital signs, weight,assistingpatients with personal care and activities of daily living, patient transfers/transport, pulse oximetry, point of care testing, dressing changes, applying external monitoring devices, further technical skills of phlebotomy andinserting urinary Foley catheter.

• Report abnormal findings or changes in physical,mentaland emotional conditions to an RN.

• Assistwith keeping patients’ rooms clean and orderly.

• Complete an internal training program within two weeks of start date.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon or within new hire period

• Nursing students: Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificationrequiredprior to hire

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• One year of recent, full-time patient care experience ORadditionaleducation/training OR nursing student with at least one completed 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) ORadditionaleducation/training (e.g., mental health)

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.

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.

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