Unit Clerk​/Care Partner - Main - Per Diem

Unit Clerk/Care Partner – 7 Main – Per Diem

Support exceptional patient care—at the bedside and behind the scenes. Make a meaningful impact by combining compassionate, hands-on patient care with essential unit coordination. As a Unit Clerk/Care Partner, you'll be an integral member of the healthcare team, ensuring patients receive outstanding care while helping the nursing unit run efficiently.

Organization Overview

Guthrie is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system serving patients throughout the Twin Tiers of New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Our caregivers are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care while fostering a collaborative culture focused on compassion, innovation, and professional growth.

Role Summary

The Unit Clerk/Care Partner is a dual-role position that provides both direct patient care and administrative support for assigned nursing units. Working under the direction of an RN or LPN, you'll assist patients with daily care needs while serving as the communication hub for the unit by managing clerical functions, coordinating information, and supporting the healthcare team.

Schedule Details

• Per Diem
• 3 Shift Per Month

Weekend and holiday shifts required

• Hours vary by assigned department

Key Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Employee wellness programs
• Career advancement within an integrated healthcare system
• Collaborative and supportive work environment

Recognition / Awards

• Forbes Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals – 2025
• Forbes Best Employers for Women – 2024, 2025
• Newsweek:
  America's Greatest Workplaces – 2025
• Becker's Best Places to Work – 2024, 2025
• America's Best-In-State Employers (Pennsylvania) – 2024, 2025

Responsibilities

• Lifting, turning, and positioning patients utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate.
• Observing confused and difficult patients.
• AM/PM Hygiene care.
• Toileting, shaving, washing, brushing hair, dental and mouth care.
• Feeding.
• Assisting with range of motion exercises.
• Mobilizing patients - transfers and ambulation, utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate and following the Mobility protocol.
• Exercise protocols.
• Discontinuing foley catheter.
• Simple dressing changes.
• Incentive spirometry supervision.
• Surgical preps.
• Postmortem care.
• Administers cleansing enemas.
• Removal of peripheral IV catheters.
• Apply external catheter or incontinence device.
• Sits with confused/disoriented patients or those requiring 1:1 observation for safety/suicide purposes, as assigned.
• Performs and records accurately:
• Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, heights and weights.
• I & O.
• Records bowel movements.
• ADLs and activities.
• Obtains urine, stool, and sputum specimens for patients; instructs patients in proper specimen collection technique.
• Completes EKGs.
• Glucose monitoring in Non-Critical Care Areas.
• Conducts bladder scanning.
• Basic ostomy care.
• Transports patients as needed.
• Serves, sets up and retrieves trays.
• Distributes water pitchers as appropriate.
• Orders and distributes nourishment.
• Transports equipment.
• Transports blood products to and from the patient care area.
• Participates in patient safety/patient satisfaction.
• Answers call bells.
• Participates in patient rounding.
• Reports any signs of abuse to the nursing staff.
• Recognizes, troubleshoots and initiates corrective action needed on equipment.
• Maintains neat and tidy environment (empties laundry, delivers equipment, keeps patient rooms clean and safe).
• Inventories and assures disposition of patients' belongings when admitted, transferred, and/or discharged.
• Assures proper storage of equipment.
• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates plan of action.
• Notifies RN/LPN of any changes seen in patient's condition.
• Complies with policies and procedures of the…