Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Acute Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Job Title

Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Acute Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery

Location

Akron

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

Department

4200 CV Surg Acute Cardiology-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Shift

Nights

Schedule

11 : 00pm-7 : 30am

Job Summary

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.

Akron General's 4200 Unit is a Complex Cardiovascular Unit that cares for a diverse patient population with high acuity. Patients that are cared for include : post open-heart surgery patients at day 3 from the CVICU, vascular surgery patients (amputations, fem / pop surgeries), lung surgeries (VATS procedure) that require patients to have a chest tube inserted for several days, irregular heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation that requires titrated IV medication, post heart catheterization (PCI) patients that require frequent observation following the procedure, pacemaker implantations, heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary embolism / DVT with IV anticoagulation. Due to the opioid epidemic related to heroin, this unit has an influx of patients who have endocarditis / infections of the spinal column that require frequent observation and multiple IV antibiotics and medications each shift.

As a Patient Care Nursing Assistant 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 position works nights from 11 : 00PM 7 : 30AM, including every other weekend and 3 holidays per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will :

• Prepare units, patient rooms and patient beds for receiving patient admission, returning surgical patients, transfer or emergencies.
• Provide and document assigned care, such as bathing, changing / refreshing bed linens, dressing / undressing, feeding, etc.
• Take and document the patient's temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, weight and height.
• Perform treatment procedures, such as venous blood draws, enemas, application of ice and heat packs, non-sterile compresses, skin preps, setting up oxygen equipment, bed scale weights, setting up overhead trapeze and Buck's traction and removing urinary foley catheters.
• Assist with pre-operative and post-operative care, such as turning and positioning patients with proper body mechanics, applying / utilizing special equipment and ambulating the patient as directed in a safe, prescribed manner.
• Assist and accompany patients during admission, transfer and discharge.
• Perform hourly safety rounds, anticipate patient needs and respond to patient call lights promptly.
• Document patient care in the electronic medical record.
• Assist in keeping patient rooms in order, report equipment that is out of order, clean equipment and inventory and distribute unit linen and supplies.
• Complete ongoing competency requirements, education programs and mandatory training to maintain certification and / or licensure.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include :

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include :

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities.

Physical Requirements :

Personal Protective Equipment :

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