Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) III - Float Pool

Cleveland Clinic•Fort Wayne, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Department Assistant III works in Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital’s Float Pool, supporting diverse patient populations across departments, units, and locations. The role supports patient daily living activities and room maintenance, collaborates with fellow caregivers and healthcare teams, and performs related tasks such as EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, and vital-sign documentation. The position provides an opportunity to gain experience across multiple healthcare specialties. The caregiver works evenings from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The role includes maintaining patient and unit equipment and areas, preparing rooms for admissions, documenting care, reporting patient pain and equipment or supply problems, and making hourly rounds to check safety measures, including bed alarms. The position requires following standard precautions and using personal protective equipment as required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross within the new-hire period.
Ability to perform the stated physical tasks, including handling and lifting patients and exerting the specified levels of force.
Ability to work under stressful conditions and irregular hours.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Assist with a 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.
Document care in patient records and properly label specimens.
Ask patients about pain and report concerns to the RN/LPN as needed.
Maintain the orderliness and cleanliness of units, including patient and unit equipment.
Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions.
Clean and maintain patient and 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 to ensure safety measures are in place, including appropriate side rails, beds in low and locked positions, accessible phones and call lights, and appropriately applied restraints.
Ensure bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.
Use personal protective equipment as required and follow standard precautions.