Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Pediatrics Float Pool
Cleveland Clinic Health System
Cleveland, Ohio
You'll float across pediatric units, departments and locations, caring for children from infancy through adolescence.
Posted Oct 15 · New grads welcomed
- Pay
- Not posted
- Shift and hours
- Nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. A caregiver in this role works nights from 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.m. with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.
- Unit and setting
- Float-Pool · Hospital while supporting a comprehensive spectrum of mental health services for children from infancy through adolescencechildren from infancy through adolescence
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed In this role, you have an excellent opportunity to start your nursing career and work in a supportive and caring healthcare setting.
- Certification
- BLS through AHA or Red Cross before hire for nursing students Nursing students: required to have Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross prior to hire
- Also asks
- Nursing students may substitute a recent clinical rotation for the required experience
- Also asks
- High school diploma or GED High School Diploma or GED
- Also asks
- Reading and applied math at an eighth-grade level Proficient in applied mathematics & reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level
Preferred
- Certification
- State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)
- Also asks
- Military HM, 68W or 4N0X1 experience will be considered Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered
What it pays
Benefits
- Educational advancement, higher positions and skills development courses offered by Cleveland Clinic
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Floating
- floating across pediatric units and locations care for diverse pediatric populations across various units, departments, and locations
- Day to day
- pulse oximetry and point-of-care testing pulse oximetry, point of care testing
- Day to day
- patient transfers and transport patient transfers/transport
- Day to day
- applying external monitoring devices applying external monitoring devices
- Day to day
- removing urinary Foley catheters removing urinary Foley catheter
- Hours stated
- A caregiver in this role works nights from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.
- Weekends
- rotating weekends with rotating weekend and holiday requirements
- Holidays
- rotating holidays
- Details
- Lifts and moves patients with full-body motion Requires full body motion to move and lift patients
- Details
- Extensive standing and walking involves extensive standing and walking
- Details
- Medium work: lifts 20 to 50 lb occasionally Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally
- Details
- Drug test after every offer All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
- Details
- Annual flu vaccination or approved exemption 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.
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Pediatrics is open from year one. Children's hospitals run their own new grad residencies.
Original listing
Posted on Cleveland Clinic Health System’s careers page.
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At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. Job Title Patient Care Nurse Assistant (PCNA) - Pediatrics Float Pool Location Cleveland Facility Fairview Hospital Department 4 Pavillion-Fairview Hospital Job Code G10006 Shift Nights Schedule 7:00pm-7:30am Job Summary
Job Details
Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.
The Pediatric Float Pool offers a unique opportunity to care for diverse pediatric populations across various units, departments, and locations while supporting a comprehensive spectrum of mental health services for children from infancy through adolescence. This position provides a flexible schedule and opportunities to learn from fellow caregivers while working in a positive, welcoming, and adaptable environment that prioritizes teamwork, mutual support, and constructive feedback. As a PCNA on this team, you will coordinate with fellow caregivers to create a welcoming, healing and warm environment for patients.
This position offers the ability to pursue educational advancement, higher positions and skills development courses offered by Cleveland Clinic. In this role, you have an excellent opportunity to start your nursing career and work in a supportive and caring healthcare setting. A caregiver in this role works nights from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.
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 removing urinary Foley catheter. 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
High School Diploma or GED Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross or must obtain during your new hire period Nursing students: required to have Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross prior to hire Nursing students who have recently completed a minimum of one clinical rotation as part of an accredited nursing school program may substitute the clinical rotation for the required experience Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered Proficient in applied mathematics & reading comprehension at an eighth-grade level
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include
State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA) 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. 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.
What's around it?
Cleveland, OHFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% below the US average
- Median rent
- $945/mo
- Household income
- $40,801/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
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