Acute Care Technician and Ward Clerk

Description

Job Title: Acute Care Technician and Ward Clerk 

Department: Hospital

Reports To: ADON

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Hours: 36-40/week 

Shift: Days, Evenings and Nights with alternating weekends and Holidays

Here at Franklin County Medical Center, we have a vision: be the premier healthcare provider and facility of choice for the community. A non-profit critical access hospital, we house 20 beds in our acute care facility and 35 beds in our nursing facility. With three operating rooms, a procedure room, and advanced technology, we provide excellent care for our surgical patients. Our recently constructed 24,000 square foot medical office provides valuable access, accommodations, and services to the community. FCMC was recognized as one of the “Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals” in the nation for four consecutive years from 2017-2020. Always striving for improvement, our goal is to be in the top 20 critical access hospitals.

As the largest employer in Franklin County, we understand that our team members, including our CNAs, are vital to upholding our high standards. We show our appreciation through competitive wages, flexible scheduling, encouraging a healthy work/life balance, and providing opportunity for education and growth through tuition assistance and promotions.

WHAT FCMC CAN DO FOR YOU

We offer a range of amazing benefits for our full-time employees, including:

• Medical
• Dental 
• Vision
• Basic Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability 
• Retirement Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Illness Bank
• Paid Holidays

Part-time employees can enjoy Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Retirement Plans, and Paid Time Off. 

WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR FCMC

Our Acute Care Technician and Ward Clerk monitors the conditions of our acute care patients and ensures that the patient unit is running efficiently. More specifically, some of this position’s vital responsibilities include:

• Giving and receiving beside reports of all patients at the shift change
• Taking and recording patients’ vital signs, reporting any abnormalities to the charge nurse
• Answering call lights and routinely checking patients to ensure that all personal care needs are being met
• Maintaining supplies as needed for the unit by taking inventory, ordering, and restocking
• Maintaining a daily census
• Noting orders, filling requisitions, and making appointments as ordered by the physician

Requirements

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Certified Nursing Assistant in the State of Idaho 
• CPR certified
• Working knowledge of basic equipment including wheelchairs, electrical beds, lift equipment, carts, scales, and vital sign analysis equipment 
• Good communication skills, both written and oral, in the English language
• Clerical and keyboarding skills, knowledge of word processing, email, and basic computer literacy

Essential Job Functions:

• Regular and predictable attendance is required
• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or twist
• Occasionally required to sit, climb, and balance
• Occasionally required to operate foot controls and lifts
• Frequently able to move/push up to 35 pounds, occasionally able to lift/carry/move/push up to 100 pounds
• This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision
• Regularly required to use oral and written communication in English; learn and apply new information and skills; interact positively with other employees; and interact positively with patients, some of whom may be cognitively impaired and/or abusive
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as situations require to maintain infection control standards set by the facility 

Work Environment:

• FCMC operates 24 hours per day each day of the year; operational needs of departments may require that you be available to work all shifts, weekends and holidays to meet the needs of the patients
• Potential exposure to blood, body tissue, fluids, contagious diseases, and hazardous waste
• Occasional exposure to bodily injury, loud/unpleasant noise, unpleasant odor, emotional or physical stress

The Location:

Located in southeast Idaho, Franklin County is surrounded by the beautiful Rocky Mountains, giving ample opportunity for outdoor recreation. However, being less than thirty minutes from Logan, Utah and one hour from Pocatello, Idaho provides locals with a variety of shopping, dining, and entertainment options both here in the county and in nearby cities. Franklin County Medical Center invites you to make Franklin County your new home and join us in offering top-notch healthcare to your new community.