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Join Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Avon Hospital provides state-of-the-art healthcare to all its patients and is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.

As a PCNA in the Float Pool, you will work with diverse populations of patients in numerous units and learn from many of our best caregivers. Your primary duties will include providing or assisting with basic patient care under the supervision of an RN, reporting abnormal findings and changes in patients' condition and keeping patients' rooms clean and orderly. You will float to all units in the hospital including the ED, lab radiology, etc.

This position offers opportunities to get involved in committees and serve as a champion for key initiatives such as falls prevention, stroke care, and hand hygiene. It also supports professional growth through participation in the PCNA Council and provides tuition reimbursement for those pursuing a Registered Nurse (RN) degree.

A caregiver in this role works a day/night rotation from 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.

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 inserting/removing urinary Foley catheters.

+ 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:

+ A high school diploma or GED

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within new hire period

+ Proficient in applied mathematics and reading comprehension at minimum junior high level as scored on the employment assessment

+ Patient care experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA).

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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.

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities