NDA geriatric psych

Cleveland Clinic•Fort Wayne, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The NDA geriatric psych role provides for patients’ daily living activities and helps maintain a safe, clean care environment. The employee maintains supplies and equipment, transports patients, completes errands, and assists with direct patient-care tasks under RN direction. These tasks may include performing EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, dressing changes, colostomy care, and documenting vital signs. The position is based at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland in the Trans Senior Mental Health 6D department. The schedule is days, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The role requires courteous, empathetic interactions with patients, visitors, and personnel; confidentiality; respect for cultural and social differences; and the ability to work with minimal supervision. The employee follows standard precautions and uses personal protective equipment as required.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Basic math skills and 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 demonstrate empathy and interact courteously and helpfully with patients, visitors, and personnel.
Ability to resolve conflict constructively, maintain confidentiality, and respect individual cultural and social differences.
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including handling and lifting patients and frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending, and stooping.
Ability to work under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Ability to follow standard precautions and use required personal protective equipment.

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 healthcare team members to promote patient care.
Organize patient-care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care for assigned patients.
Seek assistance when needed for 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 or LPN as needed.
Maintain the orderliness and cleanliness of the unit, including patient and unit equipment.
Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for admissions.
Clean and maintain patient and unit equipment, such as over-bed tables, bed pans, and bedside commodes.
Immediately report equipment, supply, or maintenance problems to the RN.
Make hourly patient rounds, based on patient condition, to ensure safety measures are in place.
Ensure bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.
Use personal protective equipment and universal comfort to assist patients toward independent living.
Provide for patients’ daily living activities, maintain supplies and equipment function, transport patients, and complete errands.
Assist with direct patient-care tasks under RN direction, including EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, dressing changes, colostomy care, and vital-sign documentation.
Perform other duties as assigned.