Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Med/Surg

## 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.** ### Job Title Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Med/Surg ### Location Medina ### Facility Medina Hospital ### Department Two South-Medina Hospital ### Job Code G10006 ### Shift Nights ### Schedule 7:00pm-7:30am ### Job Summary ### Job Details Join Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its finest. Medina Hospital is recognized for delivering safe, patient-centered care that is timely, effective, efficient, and equitable. The hospital has been honored by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for its commitment to fostering a positive, empowering, and engaging work environment. Here, you can build a rewarding, lifelong career supported by a team dedicated to your growth and success. Medina Hospital’s 2 South unit is a 25-bed complex medicine unit known for its compassionate, comprehensive and patient-first patient care, highly skilled nursing team and engaging work environment. As a PCNA on this team, you will coordinate with fellow caregivers to create a welcoming, healing and warm environment for patients. This position offers the ability to pursue educational advancement, higher positions and skills development courses offered by Cleveland Clinic. In this role, you have an excellent opportunity to start your nursing career and work in a supportive and caring healthcare setting. **A caregiver in this role works nights from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with weekend and holiday requirements.** A caregiver who excels in this role will: - Provide or assist with patient care under the supervision of an RN. Patient care may include vital signs, weight, assisting patients with personal care and activities of daily living, patient transfers/transport, pulse oximetry, point of care testing, dressing changes, applying external monitoring devices and removing urinary Foley catheter. - Report abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to an RN. - Assist with keeping patients’ rooms clean and orderly. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: - High School Diploma or GED - Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross or must obtain during your new hire period - **Nursing students:** required to have Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross prior to hire - *Nursing students who have recently completed a minimum of one clinical rotation as part of an accredited nursing school program may substitute the clinical rotation for the required experience* - Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered - Proficient in applied mathematics & reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: - State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) **Physical Requirements:** - Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking. - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. - Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work. **Personal Protective Equipment:** - Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of ou…