Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) - Adult Psychiatry Unit

                    

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Job Title

Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) - Adult Psychiatry Unit

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Lutheran Hospital

                     

Department

Nursing Adult Psychiatry 2B-Lutheran Hospital

                      

Job Code

G0002W

                     

Shift

Evenings

                       

Schedule

3:00pm-11:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Lutheran Hospital’s Magnet status, the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing, recognition as a Center of Excellence in Orthopedics, and high patient satisfaction scores exemplify the top-quality care that patients receive, and caregivers provide here. Located near downtown Cleveland, you will enjoy its wide variety of shopping and dining, proximity to sporting events, and the option of walking or biking to work.   

 

Lutheran Hospital’s 2B Adult Psychiatry Unit is part of the Acute Adult Behavioral Health Center and provides around-the-clock care for adult and older adult patients with acute behavioral, emotional and/or psychiatric disorders who require close supervision, ongoing assessment and/or intensive treatment. As Nursing Department Assistant, you will be facilitating this goal by creating a safe and healing environment, providing for patients' activities of daily living, performing various support tasks, documenting patient condition and transporting patients and errands as directed.

Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic system provides nurses with many professional development resources, including further education, eligibility for tuition reimbursement to become an RN and online/in-person courses to enhance their skills. 

A caregiver in this role works evenings from 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide for patients’ daily living activities. 

• Responsible for transporting visitors and patients via wheelchair, cart or bed.

• Practice injury prevention.

• Maintain established levels of supplies.

• Ensure safety of self and patient when transporting or transferring patients.

• Perform other transportation functions as required, including but not limited to delivery of patient specimens, medical records and patient care equipment.

• Collaborate with members of the health care team to promote the delivery of patient care and overall functioning of unit.

• Maintain, clean and adjust department equipment including wheelchairs as needed.

• Observe and report changes in the patient’s condition on an ongoing basis.

• Give or assist with hygiene/care.

• Document in the patient record reflecting the care provided.

• Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered.

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma/GED  

• Critical thinking, customer service and multi-task skills 

 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Health care, hospital or outpatient experience 

• Experience with behavioral health or mental illness patients 

 

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