Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Critical Care Float Pool

Cleveland Clinic • Great Barrington, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, a Magnet Hospital recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in professional nursing practice. The Critical Care Float Pool offers exposure to diverse patient populations across multiple critical care units, departments, and locations. In this role, you will work with other caregivers to provide a welcoming, healing environment. Care includes surgical patients requiring ICU support, including open-heart and neuro ICU cases, patients undergoing thrombectomy, and trauma patients with injuries such as gunshot or stab wounds. The role provides flexible coverage across critical care areas.

This position offers opportunities for educational advancement, career progression, and skills development courses. Work is scheduled nights from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.

Under the supervision of a registered nurse (RN), the Patient Care Nurse Assistant provides or assists with patient care and reports abnormal findings or changes in patients’ physical, mental, or emotional conditions to an RN. The role also helps keep patients’ rooms clean and orderly. Care activities may include taking vital signs and weights; helping with personal care and activities of daily living; patient transfers and transport; pulse oximetry; point-of-care testing; dressing changes; applying external monitoring devices; and removing urinary Foley catheters.

Caregivers follow standard precautions and use personal protective equipment as required. Cleveland Clinic Health System is a drug-free workplace; offers are followed by controlled-substance testing. Caregivers must comply with the influenza prevention program, including annual vaccination or an approved exemption.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross, or obtain it during the new-hire period.
• Nursing students must have BLS certification through the AHA or American Red Cross before hire.
• Proficiency in applied mathematics and reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level.
• Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W), or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered.

Nice To Haves

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA).

Responsibilities

• Provide or assist with patient care under the supervision of an RN.
• Take vital signs and weights; assist patients with personal care and activities of daily living; transfer or transport patients; perform pulse oximetry and point-of-care testing; complete dressing changes; apply external monitoring devices; and remove urinary Foley catheters.
• Report abnormal findings or changes in patients’ physical, mental, or emotional conditions to an RN.
• Help keep patients’ rooms clean and orderly.
• Provide flexible coverage across multiple critical care areas and coordinate with fellow caregivers to create a welcoming, healing environment.
• Follow standard precautions and use personal protective equipment as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED