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Job Title

Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) III - Med/Surg & Telemetry

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Lutheran Hospital

                     

Department

4D Medical Unit-Lutheran Hospital

                      

Job Code

G0007W

                     

Shift

Nights

                       

Schedule

11:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Lutheran Hospital’s Magnet status, the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing, recognition as a Center of Excellence in Orthopedics, and high patient satisfaction scores exemplify the top-quality care that patients receive, and caregivers provide here. Located near downtown Cleveland, you will enjoy its wide variety of shopping and dining, proximity to sporting events, and the option of walking or biking to work.   

Lutheran Hospital’s 4D unit is a Complex Medical Care and Telemetry unit known for its collaborative environment, focus on nursing education, and patient care initiatives. On this unit, you will be caring for adult patients that have a variety of diagnoses, as well as delivering world class care for the medical needs of Lutheran Hospital's behavioral health patients. As Nursing Department Assistant III on this unit, you will provide support with patient daily living activities and room maintenance alongside your fellow caregivers. In this role, you will also assist with various related tasks, such as performing EKGs, monitoring blood glucose levels, collecting specimens, documenting vital signs and more. This position is an excellent entry point into an exciting nursing career, propelling you into a world of innovation at Cleveland Clinic.

A caregiver in this role works nights from 11:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist with wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with members of health care teams to promote the delivery of patient care. 

• Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care on assigned patients. 

• Document the care provided in patient record and label specimens properly. 

• Ask patient about pain and report to the RN/LPN as needed.

• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of units, including patient/unit equipment. 

• Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions. 

• Clean and maintain patient/unit equipment (i.e., over-bed tables, bed pans, bedside commodes, etc.). 

• Report any problems (i.e., equipment, supplies and maintenance problems) immediately to the RN. 

• Make hourly patient rounds to assure safety measures are in place (i.e., side rails up as needed, beds are in low, locked position, phone and call lights are within the patients' reach and restraints are applied appropriately). 

• Ensure all bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma/GED 

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

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Certification 

• Previous nursing assistance experience 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending/stooping and lifting patients.

• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.

• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.

• Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light 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.

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. 

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