Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) Nursing Students - Med/Surg and Telemetry

                    

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Job Title

Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) Nursing Students - Med/Surg and Telemetry

                        

Location

Medina

                    

Facility

Medina Hospital

                     

Department

Two South-Medina Hospital

                      

Job Code

G99972

                     

Shift

Day/Night Rotation

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. As a proud recipient of the Vizient, Inc.'s Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, Medina Hospital is known for its excellence in delivering safe, patient-centered care that is timely, effective, efficient, and equitable. Medina Hospital has also been recognized for its commitment to creating a positive environment that empowers and engages staff by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Here, you can build a rewarding, lifelong career while receiving endless support and encouragement.  

Medina Hospital’s 2 South unit is a 25-bed complex medicine unit known for its compassionate, comprehensive and patient-first patient care, highly skilled nursing team and engaging work environment. 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.

This is a regular PRN position, with caregivers working day/night rotations between 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with weekend 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 GED  

• Nursing students: required to have Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) prior to hire

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

• Students who are enrolled in an accredited RN program and who have completed a clinical rotation

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• 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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