Patient Companion - Medical/Surgery 4th Floor

                    

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Job Title

Patient Companion - Medical/Surgery 4th Floor

                        

Location

Mayfield Hts

                    

Facility

Hillcrest Hospital

                     

Department

Med/Surg 4Th Floor West-Hillcrest Hospital

                      

Job Code

001103

                     

Shift

Variable

                       

Schedule

6:30am-7:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

Cleveland Clinic is dedicated to creating the best possible patient experience, from registration and scheduling to the end of treatment. As Patient Companion, you will help facilitate this mission by providing compassionate and top-quality care. In this role, you will assist RNs, physicians, dietitians and other staff in coordinating and fulfilling treatment plans. You will also find a culture that encourages professional growth, educational development and career success. 

This is a PRN position. A caregiver in this position will work 48 hours every six weeks.

  

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Assist with direct and indirect patient care for one to two patients, such as rooming, taking vital signs/weight and pulse oximetry.  
• Assure patient safety by ensuring catheters, tubes or other medical equipment have not been removed or disconnected.  
• Accompany and assist patients at all times, including transport, tests, transfers, ambulation.  
• Identify and report changes in patient status to an RN or physician.  
• Complete all documentation and provide hand-off communication to caregivers responsible for the patient.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED 
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) upon or within three months of hire 
• Completion of a hospital-based Patient Companion Training Program or equivalent experience OR currently enrolled at an accredited school of Nursing, with completion of a Nursing Fundamentals Course OR completed hospital-based NA/PC orientation or equivalent 
• Knowledge and understanding of basic patient care activities, such as basic hygiene, skin care and vital signs 

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/ 

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 tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleve