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Job Title
Patient Companion - Float Pool
Location
Avon
Facility
Avon Hospital
Department
NRS-Float-Avon Hospital
Job Code
G08006
Shift
Day/Night Rotation
Schedule
7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am
Job Summary
Job Details
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.
Cleveland Clinic is dedicated to creating the best possible patient experience, from registration and scheduling to the end of treatment. As Patient Companion for the Float Pool, you will help facilitate this mission by providing compassionate and top-quality care. In this role, you will assist RNs, physicians, dietitians and other staff in coordinating and fulfilling treatment plans. You will also find a culture that encourages professional growth, educational development and career success.
This is a regular PRN position, with caregivers working a day/night rotation between 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:
* Assist with direct and indirect patient care for one to two patients, such as rooming, vital signs, weight and pulse oximetry. If assigned to a closed unit, you will observe three to four patients.
* Assure patient safety by ensuring that catheters, tubes or other medical equipment have not been removed or disconnected.
* Accompany and assist patients at all times, including transport, tests, transfers and ambulation.
* Identify and report changes in patient status to an RN or physician.
* Complete all documentation and provide hand-off communication to caregivers responsible for the patient.
* Initiate and perform CPR when necessary.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
* High School Diploma or GED
* Heartsaver level of Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within three months of hire
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
* Knowledge and understanding of basic patient care activities, such as basic hygiene, skin care and vital signs
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.
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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