Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Cleveland Clinic Staffing Resources (CCSR)

Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Cleveland Clinic Staffing Resources (CCSR)

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Cleveland Clinic Staffing Resources (CCSR) gives you the opportunity to care for different patient populations, work with different providers and work in different areas, such as medicine, surgery and express care, at all of Cleveland Clinic's Family Health Centers. As a Patient Care Nursing Assistant (PCNA), your primary duties will include providing or assisting with basic patient care under the supervision of an RN, reporting abnormal findings and changes in patients' condition and keeping patients' rooms clean and orderly.

A PRN caregiver in this position works varying shifts.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide or assist with patient care under the supervision of an RN, such as taking vital signs and weight, assisting patients with personal care, point of care testing, dressing changes, applying external monitoring devices and removing urinary Foley Catheters.
• Report abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to an RN.
• Assist with keeping patients' rooms clean and orderly.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Candidate must be actively enrolled and in good standing in an accredited school of nursing to apply and maintain employment as a CCSR PRN PCNA
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon
• Minimum of one clinical rotation as part of an accredited nursing school program

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Certification

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.

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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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.