Patient Care Nurse Assistant- Medical ICU Day/Night

MetroHealth Nurse-Family Partnership; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Medical Intensive Care Unit at MetroHealth, offering enhanced technology for patient care. As a Patient Care Nurse Assistant, you're essential in supporting adult and geriatric patients with their daily activities and monitoring health metrics. This role features comprehensive benefits including tuition reimbursement and retirement participation.

Benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment

Professional certification incentives

Medical/dental insurance

Public employee retirement system participation

Qualifications

• Required BLS certification within 90 days of hire.
• 1 year experience preferred as Patient Care Nurse Assistant in hospital.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal hygiene, eating, and drinking.
• Take vital signs and perform basic ECG and phlebotomy.

Skills

Teamwork

Good Judgment

Problem Solving

Flexibility

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Location: MetroHealth Main Campus- Glick

Bi-weekly Hours: 72.00

Shift: 7p-7a/7a-7p; Rotating Weekends & Holidays

For nearly two centuries, the MetroHealth System’s mission has been focused on delivering high-quality patient-centered care to all communities in Northeast Ohio. Today, through our state-of-the-art Level One Trauma Center, cutting-edge specialty care units, and dedicated caregivers, the system is working at the forefront of medicine to address the overall needs of our patients and eliminate healthcare disparities.

All Critical Care units offer enhanced technology to assist with nursing care, including patient lifts, hands-free communication, virtual whiteboards, and continuous telemetry monitoring.

Join our Medical Intensive Care Unit, 8 West!

Primary Patient Population:

• Adult

• Geriatric

• Chronic Disease

Primary skills utilized/learned:

• Assisting patients with all aspects of personal hygiene, eating & drinking

• Answering call lights & taking vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, height, weight, and other parameters as instructed).

• Performing/transmitting basic ECG and phlebotomy.

Personnel PCNA will work with :

• Registered Nurses, Nurse Interns, Providers

Number of beds on unit:

• 24 beds

Awards or Recognitions the unit has received:

• Unit Daisy Award Winner, Silver Beacon Award

MetroHealth offers industry-leading benefits, including tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, professional certification incentives, and medical/dental insurance. As a public employer, employees participate in the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS).

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or passage of a high school equivalency exam.

• Ability to work in a team environment while demonstrating good judgment, flexibility, initiative, and effectively problem-solving skills.

• Current AHA Basic Life Support for the healthcare provider certification or obtained within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Registered in good standing as a State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Nurse Aide Registry (NOTE: Maintaining ODH Registry status as an STNA is optional after employment in this position).

• 1 year of experience as a Patient Care Nurse Assistant in a hospital.