Patient Care Assistant

Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Progressive Coronary Care UnitJoin Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.Fairview Hospital's Progressive Coronary Care Unit (PK II) is a telemetry unit focused on providing excellent, high-quality care to cardiac patients. Caregivers in this unit are highly engaged and maintain a wide knowledge base with a special emphasis on cardiothoracic surgery, dysrhythmia management, telemetry monitoring, and heart failure. As a PCNA on this team, you will coordinate with fellow caregivers to create a welcoming, healing and warm environment for patients.This position offers the ability to pursue educational advancement, higher positions and skills development courses offered by Cleveland Clinic. In this role, you have an excellent opportunity to start your nursing career and work in a supportive and caring healthcare setting.A caregiver in this role works nights from 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.A caregiver who excels in this role will:Provide or assist with patient care under the supervision of an RN. Patient care may include vital signs, weight, assisting patients with personal care and activities of daily living, patient transfers/transport, pulse oximetry, point of care testing, dressing changes, applying external monitoring devices and removing urinary Foley catheter.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 GEDBasic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross or must obtain during your new hire periodNursing students: required to have Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross prior to hireMilitary experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be consideredProficient in applied mathematics & reading comprehension at an eighth-grade levelPreferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)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.If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.