What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Technician - Surgical Telemetry position at Cleveland Clinic?
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, this state-of-the-art acute 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 Unit specializes in medical monitoring for diverse post-operative populations, including those recovering from gall bladder removals, spinal surgeries or nerve pain. As a Clinical Technician on this team, you will assist with basic patient care, maintain room cleanliness and demonstrate empathy and compassion in all activities and interactions. Ultimately, your efforts play a direct role in our mission to continuously provide the best healthcare experience possible to everyone within the Cleveland Clinic system.
A caregiver in this position works days from 6:00AM – 6:30PM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.
Tradition Hospital’s 3rd Floor Surgical Telemetry Unit specializes in medical monitoring for diverse post-operative populations, including those recovering from gall bladder removals, spinal surgeries or nerve pain. As a Clinical Technician on this team, you will assist with basic patient care, maintain room cleanliness and demonstrate empathy and compassion in all activities and interactions. Ultimately, your efforts play a direct role in our mission to continuously provide the best healthcare experience possible to everyone within the Cleveland Clinic system.
A caregiver in this position works days from 6:00AM – 6:30PM.
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, further technical skills of phlebotomy and inserting 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.
- 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) Certification required prior to hire
- One year of recent, full-time patient care experience OR additional education/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) OR additional education/training (e.g., mental health)
- 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.
Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.