RN Hospital Observation Unit

ccf; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Health System in Warrensville Heights is seeking an RN for the Hospital Observation Unit to participate in a residency core curriculum and to provide direct nursing care under the guidance of a coach, following established policies and protocols.

The role requires graduate nursing education, state RN licensure, and the ability to work night shifts from 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, with a focus on patient safety and quality of care.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participates in a residency core curriculum based on learning needs.
• Provides direct nursing care with a coach per organization policies and protocols.
• Establishes and revises priorities for patient care based on acuity, preferences, and resources.
• Initiates and maintains interventions to ensure safe/effective care.
• Responds to health risks and takes corrective action.
• Seeks supervision or assistance when needed.
• Complies with hospital/department policies.
• Uses effective communication to achieve outcomes.
• Documents in the patient’s medical record per guidelines.

Education

Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing

BSN preferred

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

RN Hospital Observation Unit

Location

Warrensville Hts

Facility

South Pointe Hospital

Department

Observation Unit-South Pointe Hospital

Job Code

F99938

Shift

Nights

Schedule

7:00pm-7:30am

Job Summary

Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs. Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Job Details

Responsibilities

• Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs.
• Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
• Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.
• Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients.
• Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk.
• Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
• Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies.
• Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes.
• Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• BSN preferred

Certifications

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).
• Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire.
• If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment.
• Within one year of hire RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) with the exception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status and RNs in the Special Delivery Unit, who must achieve and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
• ONS Chemo/Bio course completed within two years of hire if employed on units where chemo is administered.
• If in an ED, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility.

Complexity of Work

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience

New grad or less than one year RN work experience or if experience RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience.

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.

Equal Opportunity

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity