NDA
Cleveland Clinic
About the Role
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital, specifically the 3B Adult Psych Unit within the Acute Adult Behavioral Health Center. This unit provides around-the-clock care for adult and older adult patients with behavioral, emotional, and/or psychiatric disorders. The Nursing Department Assistant II role facilitates patient recovery by creating a safe and healing environment, assisting with daily living activities, performing support tasks, documenting patient condition, and handling transportation and errands. This is an evening shift role from 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide for patients’ daily living activities.
- Transport visitors and patients via wheelchair, cart, or bed.
- Practice injury prevention.
- Maintain established levels of supplies.
- Ensure safety of self and patient during transporting or transferring patients.
- Perform other transportation functions, including delivery of patient specimens, medical records, and patient care equipment.
- Collaborate with the health care team to promote patient care and unit functioning.
- Maintain, clean, and adjust department equipment, including wheelchairs.
- Observe and report changes in the patient’s condition.
- Give or assist with hygiene/care.
- Document care provided in the patient record.
- Keep patient areas neat and uncluttered.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- High School Diploma/GED
- Critical thinking
- Customer service
- Multi-task skills
Physical Requirements
- Full range of body motion, including handling and frequent patient lifting.
- Manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
- Frequent standing, walking, bending/stooping, kneeling, reaching, and squatting.
- Corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- 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.
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Health care experience