Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) III -- Geriatric Psych

Cleveland Clinic•Fort Wayne, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar patient care, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a meaningful career at one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Lutheran Hospital’s Geriatric Psych Unit specializes in the unique care mental health needs of patients ages 55 and older. This unit is dedicated to helping patients achieve healthier and more productive lives through evaluation, treatment, and stabilization of any disturbances of thought, feelings, mood, behavior, and any co-morbidities. As Nursing Department Assistant on this unit, you will be facilitating this goal by creating a safe and healing environment, providing patients' activities of daily living, performing various support tasks, documenting patient condition and transporting patients and errands as directed. In this role, you can make a lasting difference in the lives of patients and the community every day. A caregiver in this role works days from 7:00 a.m. -- 3:30 p.m.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED
Completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross required within new hire period
Basic math and multi-task skills

Nice To Haves

State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) certification
Previous nursing assistant experience
Healthcare or nursing home experience
Two years of experience in behavioral health or medical background

Responsibilities

Provide for patients’ daily living activities.
Maintain supplies and equipment function.
Transport patients and complete errands.
With direction from RN assists in direct patient care tasks (i.e. performs EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, dressing changes, colostomy care and documentation of vital signs).
Assist with wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with members of health care teams to promote the delivery of patient care.
Organize patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care on assigned patients.
Seek assistance as necessary for difficult assignments or problem solving.
Document the care provided in patient record and label specimens properly.
Ask patient about pain and report to the RN/LPN as needed.
Utilize pain scale.
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).
Report any problems (i.e. equipment, supplies and maintenance problems)
Make hourly patient rounds (based on patient condition) to assure that safety measures are in place (i.e. side rails up as needed; beds in low, locked position; phone and call lights are within the patients' reach; and restraints are applied appropriately.
Ensure that all bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.