RN Ambulatory – Peripheral Vascular

Cleveland Clinic; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Caregiver Well-Being

Industry leading benefits

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital in Florida is seeking an RN to join the Vascular department. You will deliver professional nursing care to a defined patient group across ambulatory settings and interact with patients, families, and visitors to enhance their experience.

Responsibilities include telephone triage, care planning with the health care team, medication administration, and collaboration with care coordinators to ensure smooth transitions of care.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing (ADN or BSN)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through AHA or ARC
• ACLS certification within six months of hire
• One year of recent RN experience
• Or LPN/MA or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience if transferring within Cleveland Clinic ambulatory setting
• Or current Cleveland Clinic caregiver transitioning within the same specialty area

Responsibilities

• Perform telephone triage.
• Notify physicians/LIPs of abnormal findings.
• Establish a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Collaborate with care coordinators to ensure smooth transitions of care.
• Assist with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Administer medications and monitor patient response.
• Participate in quality initiatives, process improvements, and research activities.
• Maintain professional growth and development in the nursing field

Skills

Telephone triage

Care planning

Medication administration

Quality improvement

Education

ADN or BSN

Job description

Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, all while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. As part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region, Weston Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Florida regions. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
As an RN supporting the Vascular department, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care, from initial introduction to final send-off, providing professional nursing care to a specified group of patients in a variety of ambulatory care settings. In this role, you will interact directly with patients, families, and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare information as needed.

How You’ll Benefit

• Take advantage of industry leading benefits, including Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career.
• Our Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being sets caregiver safety as a priority, identifying, reporting and responding to incidents and providing safety resources.
  

A caregiver in this role will:

• Perform telephone triage.
• Notify physicians/LIPs of abnormal findings.
• Establish a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Collaborate with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective transitions of care.
• Assist with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitor patients for response.
• Participate in quality initiatives, process improvements, and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience, and patient safety.
• Maintain professional growth and development in the nursing field and identify annual core competencies.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing (ADN or BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification within six months of hire
• One year of recent experience as an RN
• OR LPN, Medical Assistant and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience if applicant is a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in an ambulatory setting transferring into an RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting
• OR a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area transferring into an ambulatory area

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Cardiology background
• One year of experience in a cardiac setting
• Strong LPN background

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• 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.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
  

Pay Range

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