Cleveland Clinic·Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Nursing Department Assistant provides support with daily living activities, room maintenance, and patient care tasks such as EKGs and vital sign monitoring. They also collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure timely care delivery and maintain a safe, clean environment for patients.
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Job Title Nursing Department Assistant (NDA) III - Med/Surg & Telemetry Location Cleveland Facility Lutheran Hospital Department 4D Medical Unit-Lutheran Hospital Job Code G0007W Shift Evenings Schedule 3:00pm-11:30pm Job Summary Job Details Join Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family.
Lutheran Hospital’s Magnet status, the highest international recognition for excellence in nursing, recognition as a Center of Excellence in Orthopedics, and high patient satisfaction scores exemplify the top-quality care that patients receive, and caregivers provide here.
Located near downtown Cleveland, you will enjoy its wide variety of shopping and dining, proximity to sporting events, and the option of walking or biking to work.
Lutheran Hospital’s 4D unit is a Complex Medical Care and Telemetry unit known for its collaborative environment, focus on nursing education, and patient care initiatives.
On this unit, you will be caring for adult patients that have a variety of diagnoses, as well as delivering world class care for the medical needs of Lutheran Hospital's behavioral health patients.
As Nursing Department Assistant III on this unit, you will provide support with patient daily living activities and room maintenance alongside your fellow caregivers.
In this role, you will also assist with various related tasks, such as performing EKGs, monitoring blood glucose levels, collecting specimens, documenting vital signs and more.
This position is an excellent entry point into an exciting nursing career, propelling you into a world of innovation at Cleveland Clinic.
A caregiver in this role works evenings from 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
A caregiver who excels in this role will: Assist with wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborate with members of 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 record 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.
Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepare rooms for patient admissions.
Clean and maintain patient/unit equipment (i.e., over-bed tables, bed pans, bedside commodes, etc.).
Report any problems (i.e., equipment, supplies and maintenance problems) immediately to the RN.
Make hourly patient rounds to assure safety measures are in place (i.e., side rails up as needed, beds are in low, locked position, phone and call lights are within the patients' reach and restraints are applied appropriately).
Ensure all bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: High School Diploma/GED Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within new hire period Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) Certification Previous nursing assistance experience Physical Requirements: Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
Requires frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending/stooping and lifting patients.
Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
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.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program.
You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. A State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) certification and previous nursing assistance experience are preferred.
Market context
Indiana hospitals commonly need nursing support staff for Med/Surg and telemetry units, where patient flow and acuity can create steady demand for dependable assistants. This role is competitive because employers often prefer candidates with STNA certification and prior nursing assistance experience, alongside the required high school diploma or GED and AHA BLS. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your BLS status and highlight any direct patient-care experience in your application.