NDA III

About the role

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide support with patient daily living activities and room maintenance alongside your fellow caregivers.
• Assist with various related tasks, such as performing EKGs, monitoring blood glucose levels, collecting specimens, documenting vital signs, and more.
• Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care on assigned patients.
• Document the care provided in patient records and label specimens properly.
• Ask patients about pain and report to the RN/LPN as needed.
• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of units, including patient/unit equipment.
• 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.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within new hire period
• Basic math skills and ability to read and write

Qualifications

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Certification
• Previous nursing assistance experience
• Healthcare or customer service experience

Skills

• Frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending/stooping and lifting patients
• Corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• Working under stressful conditions and irregular hours
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids
• Erectile 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

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

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.

Schedule

Evensnights from 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.