NDA - Adult Psych

Cleveland Clinic•Fort Wayne, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides for patients' daily living activities and maintains a safe, clean environment, supplies, and equipment. Transports patients and completes errands. With direction from an RN, assists with direct patient care tasks such as performing EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, dressing changes, colostomy care, and documenting vital signs. The role requires empathy, courteous and helpful interaction with patients, visitors, and personnel, confidentiality, constructive conflict resolution, and respect for cultural and social differences. The caregiver must be able to work with minimal supervision.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Basic math skills and the ability to read and write.
Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross within the new-hire period.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to handle and lift patients and perform frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending/stooping, and lifting.
Corrected vision and hearing to the normal range.
Ability to work under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 10 to 25 pounds frequently, and greater than negligible up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Follows standard precautions and uses personal protective equipment as required.
Demonstrates empathy, courteous and helpful interactions, constructive conflict resolution, confidentiality, and respect for cultural and social differences.

Nice To Haves

State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) certification.
Previous nursing assistant experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with a wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with members of the health care team to promote delivery of patient care.
Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care for assigned patients.
Seek assistance as necessary with difficult assignments or problem solving.
Document care provided in the patient record.
Label specimens properly.
Ask patients about pain, use a pain scale, and report concerns to the RN/LPN as needed.
Maintain the orderliness and cleanliness of the unit and patient/unit equipment.
Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions.
Clean and maintain patient/unit equipment, such as over-bed tables, bed pans, and bedside commodes.
Immediately report equipment, supply, and maintenance problems to the RN.
Make hourly patient rounds, based on patient condition, to ensure safety measures are in place, including appropriate side rails, beds in low and locked position, phones and call lights within reach, and appropriate application of restraints.
Ensure bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.
Use personal protective equipment and universal precautions while assisting patients toward independent living.
Transport patients and complete errands.
Perform other duties as assigned.