Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Med/Surg & Telemetry

Cleveland Clinic; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Health System, Marymount Hospital, is seeking a Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) for the 4 East/4 West/4 South unit. The role supports nursing staff on a busy medical-surgical and telemetry floor in Garfield Heights.

Typical schedule is 7:00am–7:30pm with rotating weekends and holidays. You will assist with basic patient care, vital signs, transfers, and daily living activities under RN supervision, while helping keep rooms clean and safe.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• BLS certification through AHA or obtain during hire.
• Nursing students may substitute clinical rotation for experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide or assist with patient care under RN supervision, including vital signs, ADLs, transfers, and monitoring devices.
• Report abnormal findings to an RN.
• Keep patients' rooms clean and orderly.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)

Job description

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Job Title

Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Med/Surg & Telemetry

Location

Garfield Hts

Facility

Marymount Hospital

Department

4 East/4 West/4 South-Marymount Hospital

Job Code

G10006

Shift

Days

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Serving the needs of Garfield Heights and the Southeast communities of Cuyahoga County, Marymount Hospital is an acute care, faith-based hospital. Here, caregivers are guided by the Christian values of service, compassion, dignity and respect and live by the mission of providing world-class healthcare. As a part of our team, you will build a rewarding, lifelong career in a diverse and welcoming environment.

Marymount Hospital’s 4 East/4 West Medical-Surgical and Telemetry Unit is looking to add a "" to their multi-disciplinary team of caregivers. 4 East is a 13-bed unit that cares for patients with an oncology history and hematology disorders while 4 West is a 15-bed unit that focuses on peritoneal dialysis diagnosis and treatment. 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 days from 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. with rotating 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 must obtain during your new hire period

• Nursing students: required to have Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) 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

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 our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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