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Cleveland Clinic

PCNA - Med/Surg

Cleveland Clinic, Avon, Ohio, United States, 44011


PRN Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Med/Surg

Join Cleveland Clinic's Avon Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in northeast Ohio, Avon Hospital has brought the future of medicine close to home for the residents in and around Lorain and Cuyahoga County. This regional hospital offers endless opportunities to build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world while making meaningful differences in the lives of others.

Avon Hospital's 5th Floor Medical-Surgical Unit is a 42-bed unit that provides perioperative and postoperative care to medical-surgical and orthopaedic patients with the goal of ensuring discharge readiness and patient safety. Patients in this unit need continuous cardiac monitoring and total joint replacement care. With telemetry monitoring capabilities, this unit also provides continuous cardiac monitoring for adult non-ICU medical-surgical patients. This is an excellent opportunity for a student who is looking to start their nursing career at Cleveland Clinic and work in a supportive and caring environment. This PRN position offers a flexible schedule that allows for a balance between school, work and life.

A caregiver in this position works a day/night rotation from 7:00am - 7:30pm or 7:00pm - 7:30am.

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:

* A high school diploma or GED.

* Nursing students: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).

* Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it during your new hire period.

* State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA).

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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.

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