Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

At Cleveland Clinic, college students taking a "gap" year between senior year and postgraduate study can give themselves a boost through the Cleveland Clinic Outpatient Clinical Care Assistant (OCCA) Program. This unique position allows you to work directly with physicians and provide direct care, such as taking vitals, preparing patients for procedures, applying temperature compresses and completing various other direct support activities. In this role, you will gain extensive hands-on experience and pursue an exciting future as a caregiver at Cleveland Clinic.

This is a PRN position. A caregiver in this role will work 8:00am to 4:30pm during the week and evenings will be either 4:00pm to 8:00pm or 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Saturdays will be 8:00am to 12:00pm or 8:00am to 4:00pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Complete rooming process, including vitals, height, weight, and completion of intake questions and documents and reports abnormal findings to RN or LIP.
• Collect patient specimens, perform Point of Care Testing, and prepare specimens for transport to lab.
• Prepare patients for exams, tests and procedures and assist with exams, treatments and procedures using sterile techniques as applicable.
• Perform patient treatments as directed, to include the application of heat or cold, simple sterile dressing changes, and application and removal of casts, braces, and splints.
• Document in the electronic health record and assists with management of in-baskets and closure of care gaps.
• Assist with setting up the clinic for daily operations and closing clinic in accordance with departmental guidelines.
• Stock supplies and linens as applicable. Cleans, monitors expiration dates and restocks dressing supply cart, checks AED units and oxygen tanks, and empties needle boxes using appropriate safety measures.
• Maintain all designated work areas in a clean and orderly manner.
• Perform administrative or clerical duties as assigned, including filing, reception, scheduling, data entry, patient outreach, and patient registration.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) with new hire period
• One year of recent health care experience in a hospital, ambulatory, homecare, assistant living, nursing home or long-term care setting OR additional formal training/education
• Understanding of human anatomy sufficient to perform job duties.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Proficient in the use of electronic medical records

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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.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.