Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) III - General Surgery

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH • 5h ago

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.

On our General Surgery 5D Unit, you will be caring for Lutheran's Bariatric, Neurology, Spinal, and Orthopedic surgery 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 evenings from 3:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.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.

Pay Range

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.

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

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