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Cleveland Clinic

Nursing Department assistant Geriatric Psych

LocationLutheran Hospital
Also inLutheran Hospital, Cleveland
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
SeniorityEntry
DepartmentTrans Senior Mental Health 6D-Lutheran Hospital
Company size10,000+ people
PostedOct 12, 2026 · 8h ago
Verified live3h ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Must have8
High School Diploma or GED
Basic math skills and ability to read and write
Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
Demonstrates empathy and interacts courteously
Ability to resolve conflict constructively
Maintains confidentiality
Respect for individual cultural and social differences
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Nice to have2
State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) certification
Previous nursing assistant experience
Eligibility2
All offers of employment followed by testing for controlled substances
Compliance with influenza prevention program (annual vaccination or exemption)
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Job Title
Nursing Department assistant Geriatric Psych
Location
Cleveland
Facility
Lutheran Hospital
Department
Trans Senior Mental Health 6D-Lutheran Hospital
Job Code
G0007W
Shift
Days
Schedule
7:00am-3:30pm
Job Summary
Provides for patients’ daily living activities; maintains safe and clean environment, maintains supplies, maintains equipment function. Transports patients and completes errands. With direction from RN assists in direct patient care tasks (i.e. performs EKGs, blood glucose monitoring, specimen collection, dressing changes, colostomy care and documentation of vital signs).
Job Details
Responsibilities:
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Assist with wide variety of patient care tasks and collaborates with members of health care team to promote the delivery of patient care.
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Organizes patient care assignments to ensure timely delivery and completion of care on assigned patients.
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Seeks assistance as necessary for difficult assignments or problem solving.
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Documents the care provided in patient record.
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Labels specimens properly.
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Asks patient about pain and reports to the RN/LPN as needed.
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Utilizes pain scale.
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Maintains orderliness and cleanliness of unit including patient/unit equipment.
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Keeps patient areas neat and uncluttered and prepares rooms for patient admissions.
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Cleans and maintains patient/unit equipment (i.e. over-bed tables, bed pans, bedside commodes).
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Reports any problems (i.e. equipment, supplies and maintenance problems) immediately to the RN.
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Makes hourly patient rounds (based on patient condition) to assure that safety measures are in place (i.e. side rails up as needed; beds in low, locked position; phone and call lights are within the patients’ reach; and restraints are applied appropriately.
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Ensures that all bed alarms are activated during hourly rounds. Utilizes personal protective equipment and universal comfort to assist the patient toward independent living.
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Other duties as assigned.
Education:
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High School Diploma or GED required.
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Requires basic math skills and ability to read and write.
Certifications:
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State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) certification preferred.
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Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross required within new hire period.
Complexity of Work:
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Demonstrates empathy and interacts with patients, visitors, and all personnel in a courteous, helpful manner; able to resolve conflict in a constructive manner; able to maintain confidentiality regarding patients, families and co-workers; demonstrates respect for individual cultural and social differences.
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Requires ability to work with minimal supervision.
Work Experience:
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Previous nursing assistant experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
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Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
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Requires frequent standing, walking, kneeling, reaching, squatting, bending/stooping and lifting patients.
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Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
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Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
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Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
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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.
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Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Personal Protective Equipment:
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Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Legal
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.
Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/
Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.
Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.
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