New Grad RN Resident - Thoracic Stepdown

Cleveland Clinic; Arkansas; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

New Grad RN Resident - Thoracic Stepdown at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, OH. You will work on a 24-bed Thoracic Stepdown unit with post-surgical and medical thoracic patients, rotating day and night shifts (7:00am-7:30pm / 7:00pm-7:30am).

As part of the residency, you will provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach, establish pri orities for patient care, respond to health risks, seek supervision when needed, and document care in medical records.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN) or equivalent.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through AHA or Red Cross.
• ACLS Certification through AHA or Red Cross within first year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
• Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability).
• Respond to data indicating risk to patients’ health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk.
• Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
• Document inpatients’ medical records.

Skills

RN skills

Critical thinking

Patient care

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Job description

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

New Grad RN Resident - Thoracic Stepdown

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

J5-2 Thoracic Surg Stepdown-Main Campus Hospital

Job Code

F99938

Shift

Day/Night Rotation

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support andappreciationand build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

J52 is a 24-bed Thoracic Stepdown unit caring for a patient population with a wide range of medical conditions from pre-cardiac catheterization, and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), to electrophysiological studies for arrhythmias, ICD,pacemakersand unstable angina to post thoracic surgical patients recovering from lobectomies, pneumonectomies, thoracoscopic bilateral lung volume reductions for emphysemaand esophagogastrectomies.

A caregiver in this position worksday/nightrotation| 7:00am—7:30pm or 7:00pm—7:30am.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
• Provide direct nursing care alongside asuccesscoach.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patientpreferenceand resource availability).
• Respond to dataindicatingrisk to patients’ health and initiate action to correct, reduce or preventrisk.
• Seeksupervision,consultationandassistancewhen unable to perform safely and independently.
• Documentinpatients’ medical records.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing(Diploma,ADNor BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Cross
• If in a Critical Care area,Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Crossupon or within first year of hire
• New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’sofScience inNursing (BSN)

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
• 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 for procedures.

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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