RN Medical Telemetry Unit 4A

Company: Cleveland Clinic
Location: Canton
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as the No. 4 hospital in the nation, according to the U.S. and World News Report. At Cleveland Clinic, you will 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.

As a Registered Nurse, you will provide care to a variety of patient populations. An RN in this role is familiar with complicated medical histories, advanced surgical procedures, pain modalities, and thorough nutritional support. Your primary duties will include:

• Providing direct nursing care.
• Monitoring, recording, and communicating patients' conditions as appropriate.
• Preparing patient care plans.
• Administering prescribed medications.
• Performing bedside hand-off reports and thorough bedside daily rounds.
  The ideal candidate is someone who:
  
  
  • Is empathetic.
  • Has excellent communication skills.
  • Can adapt to change.
  • Is always energetic.
  • Can critically think and problem solve for patients' best interests.
    This is an excellent opportunity for already established RNs to gain hands-on experience in this rewarding unit. Cleveland Clinic will assist you by offering tuition reimbursement and cross-training for professional development.
    
    Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.Responsibilities:
    • Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Implements and monitors patient care plans.
    • Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
    • Monitors and documents patient's condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care and/or interventions.
    • Evaluates, updates and revises plan of care to facilitate achievement of planned and expected outcomes.
    • Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
    • Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing protocol.
    • Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
    • Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
    • Assesses educational needs of the patient and significant others considering cultural issues and other special concerns.
    • Provides teaching and educational material as appropriate.
    • Validates and documents patient and family understanding of teaching.
    • Maintains professional growth and development through ongoing formal and informal education and clinical nursing study.
    • 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.
        • ONS Chemo/Bio course complete within 1 year of employment if employed on units inpatient and/or outpatient where chemo is administered.
        • If in an Adult/Combined EDs, ACLS upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
        • If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 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.
        • Vascular Access Registered Nurse (VARN) program attendance required and obtains either a Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) or Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) certification upon hire or within a year of hire in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) areas.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:
            • Minimum one year current acute care RN experience in a hospital setting required for acute care settings.
            • Minimum one year current acute care RN experience and/or skilled nursing facility (SNF) experience required for SNF care settings.
            • Minimum one year current acute care RN experience and/or rehab experience required for rehab care settings.
            • Minimum one year current acute care RN experience and/or Emergency Department (ED) experience required for ED settings.
            • Will consider licensed military 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.

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