Nursing Department Assistant III

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 5D Unit cares for a variety of post-operative patients in the areas of orthopaedics, spine, neurology and bariatrics. Some procedures patients have undergone include total joint replacements, lumbar and/or cervical decompressions, fusions, and laminectomies. This unit also treats general med/surg patients and is capable of telemetry and ongoing cardiac monitoring. As Nursing Department Assistant III, you will provide support with patient daily living activities and room maintenance alongside your fellow caregivers. In this role, you will also assist with various related tasks, such as performing EKGs, monitoring blood glucose levels, collecting specimens, documenting vital signs and more.

A caregiver in this role works a day/evening rotation between 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist with wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with members of health care team to promote the delivery of patient care. 

• Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care on assigned patients. 

• Document the care provided in patient record and label specimens properly. 

• Ask patient about pain and report to the RN/LPN as needed.

• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of unit, including patient/unit equipment. 

• Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions. 

• Clean and maintain patient/unit equipment (i.e., over-bed tables, bed pans, bedside commodes, etc.). 

• Report any problems (i.e., equipment, supplies and maintenance problems) immediately to the RN. 

• Make hourly patient rounds to assure safety measures are in place (i.e., side rails up as needed, beds are in low, locked position, phone and call lights are within the patients' reach and restraints are applied appropriately). 

• Ensure all bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma/GED 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within new hire period 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Certification 

• Nursing assistance experience 

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending/stooping and lifting patients.

• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.

• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.

• 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.