RN Ambulatory - Rapid Response

Cleveland Clinic; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Caregiver Well-Being

Job summary

The Cleveland Clinic West Palm Beach is seeking a dedicated RN for the Rapid Response Program. You will deliver professional nursing care across ambulatory settings while supporting caregivers in providing exceptional patient experiences.

You will collaborate with ER physicians to respond to acutely ill patients and coordinate transfers to Weston Hospital, serving as a key liaison for timely care. You will participate in prior authorizations, telephone triage, and other duties as needed, with

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 Red Cross.
• ACLS within six months of hire where applicable.
• One year of recent RN experience or equivalent ambulatory care experience within Cleveland Clinic.

Responsibilities

• Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.
• Perform telephone triage.
• Notify physicians of abnormal findings.
• Establish a care plan with patient and health team.
• Collaborate with care coordinators for smooth transitions of care.
• Administer medications and monitor responses.
• Initiate CPR and emergency measures.
• Provide health education to patients and families.
• Document education to learning needs.
• Participate in quality initiatives and research to improve outcomes.

Skills

Nursing

RN

Telephone triage

ACLS

BLS

Patient care

Education

ADN or BSN in Nursing

RN Licensure

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Tools

EHR/Clinical systems

Job description

Join the Cleveland Clinic West Palm Beach team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. You will work alongside dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As an RN for the Rapid Response Program, you will provide professional nursing care across a variety of ambulatory care settings while supporting fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional patient experiences. In this role, you will work alongside the ER Rapid Response physician to respond to acutely ill patients and accompany them to local hospitals as directed, serving as a key liaison between the patient, physician, and receiving hospital to ensure timely care and coordination of transfers to Weston Hospital. You will also support other departments with prior authorizations, telephone triage, and additional needs as they arise. This position interacts 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 works day/evening/night/weekend shifts from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.
• 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.
• Initiate CPR and other emergency measures.
• Provide health education to patients and families.
• Develop, evaluate, adapt and document education to learning needs.
• 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
• *In areas performing moderate sedation procedures and/or cardiac stress testing, must have current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or ALS through American Red Cross 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) within three years
• Two years of experience
• Outpatient experience

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

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.