RN Resident - Adult Psych Unit

AECOM; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization at Cleveland Clinic's Lutheran Hospital as a Registered Nurse. Working in a dynamic environment, you'll provide essential care to patients with psychiatric disorders while receiving support and training. Ideal candidates are new graduates or RNs with some experience, licensed in Ohio.

Qualifications

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) is required.
• New graduates or those with less than one year of RN experience are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in residency curriculum and provide direct nursing care.
• Establish and revise patient care priorities based on acuity and preferences.
• Document in patients' medical records and respond to health risks.

Skills

Patient care

Documentation

Collaboration

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Education

Graduate from accredited school of professional nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Job description

Join Cleveland Clinic's Lutheran Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Located near downtown Cleveland, you will enjoy its wide variety of shopping and dining, proximity to sporting events, and the option of walking or biking to work. While enjoying the perks of being in the heart of Cleveland, you will also work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Lutheran Hospital's 3B Adult Psych Unit is one of two nursing units in the Acute Adult Behavioral Health Center that provides around the clock care for adult and older adult patients with behavioral, emotional and/or psychiatric disorders who require close supervision, ongoing assessment and/or intensive treatment to restore or maintain optimal functioning.

**A caregiver in this position works nights, from 7:00pm-7:00am.**

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

+ 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 in patients' medical records.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing

+ Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

+ New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

**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.

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