Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Med/Surg

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.

Akron General’s 3100 Unit is a 16-bed cardiac telemetry and med/surg unit. This fast-paced unit cares for patients who require extensive ADL assistance, high-risk fall patients and patients with pneumonia, FTT, weakness, confusion, sepsis, PEG care, central lines, multiple antibiotic therapies, blood transfusions, IV push/cardiac drip titration medications and tracheostomies. Many of these patients are transfers out of the MICU/SICU and, occasionally, neuro overflow patients. This unit has a strong focus on IV push, limited cardiac drips and chest pain testing/monitoring.

As a Patient Care Nursing Assistant (PCNA) on this team, you will perform various tasks, ensuring patients receive frequent attention and feel comfortable, supported and safe throughout treatment. This is a hands-on role that requires a present, attentive and empathetic caregiver who is willing to learn new medical technologies and support patients through some of their most vulnerable moments. In this role, you will gain a wide variety of skills you can use in advanced positions or other departments within the Cleveland Clinic system.

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM or 7:00AM – 7:30PM, including every other weekend and 3 holidays per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Prepare units, patient rooms and patient beds for receiving patient admission, returning surgical patients, transfer or emergencies.
• Provide and document assigned care, such as bathing, changing/refreshing bed linens, dressing/undressing, back rubs, etc.
• Take and document the patient's temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, weight and height.
• Perform treatment procedures, such as venous blood draws, enemas, application of ice and heat packs, non-sterile compresses, skin preps, setting up oxygen equipment, bed scale weights, setting up overhead trapeze and Buck’s traction and removing urinary foley catheters.
• Prepare patients for meals, assist in feeding patient if necessary and distribute water and other nourishments according to patient needs in compliance with physician orders.
• Assist with pre-operative and post-operative care, such as turning and positioning patients with proper body mechanics, applying/utilizing special equipment and ambulating the patient as directed in a safe, prescribed manner.
• Assist and accompany patients during admission, transfer and discharge.
• Perform hourly safety rounds, anticipate patient needs and respond to patient call lights promptly.
• Collect, properly label and transport specimens to proper area.
• Assist in keeping patient rooms in order, reporting equipment that is out of order, cleaning equipment (as assigned) and mandatory inventory and distributing unit linen and supplies.
• Document patient care in the electronic medical record.
• Complete ongoing competency requirements, education programs and mandatory training to maintain certification and/or licensure.
  
  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon hire or within new hire period
• Prior job or educational experience providing basic computer knowledge and skills
  
  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)
• One year of recent acute care experience OR military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1)
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Medium Work - 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

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