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

About the Role

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. 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 with 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist with a wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with members of healthcare 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 the patient record 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.
• Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions.
• Clean and maintain patient/unit equipment (e.g., over-bed tables, bed pans, bedside commodes).
• Report any problems (e.g., equipment, supplies, and maintenance problems) immediately to the RN.
• Make hourly patient rounds to assure safety measures are in place (e.g., side rails up as needed, beds in low, locked position, phone and call lights within patients' reach, and restraints 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 the new hire period.

Preferred Qualifications

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Certification.
• Previous nursing assistance experience.

Physical Requirements

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, 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.

Schedule

This position works nights from 11:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.