Overnight Nursing Department Assistant (Float)

Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital seeks a Nursing Department Assistant III for the Float Pool to support patient daily living activities and assist with room maintenance. You will work across departments, including EKGs and vitals monitoring, alongside fellow caregivers.

This role is an excellent entry point into nursing, with opportunities to gain experience in multiple specialties within the Cleveland Clinic system.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; BLS certification required or within new hire period.
• Preferred STNA Certification and prior nursing assistant experience.
• Performs EKGs and monitors glucose levels as part of patient care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist with a wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with 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.
• Document the care provided in patient records and label specimens properly.
• Ask patient about pain and report to the RN/LPN as needed.
• Maintain orderliness and cleanliness of units, including patient/unit equipment.
• Make hourly patient rounds to assure safety measures are in place and bed alarms are activated.

Skills

Patient care

Team collaboration

Documentation

Vital signs monitoring

Education

High School Diploma/GED

BLS Certification

Job description

Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital seeks a Nursing Department Assistant III for the Float Pool to support patient daily living activities and assist with room maintenance. You will work across departments, including EKGs and vitals monitoring, alongside fellow caregivers.

This role is an excellent entry point into nursing, with opportunities to gain experience in multiple specialties within the Cleveland Clinic system.