req#: 125308
Location: Cleveland, OH
Facilities: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus,
Professional Area: Nursing – New Grad
Department: 2816 H71 Ddi Surg Ortho-Nursing Institute
Job Code: F99938
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Day/Night Rotation
Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. The H71 nursing unit for Digestive Disease General Surgery is part of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute (DDI). As a Registered Nurse in the Digestive Disease General Surgery unit, you will provide care to patients who need care from total abdominal reconstruction, Whipple, HIPEC, MAL’s, bowl resection, gastrectomy, splenectomy, liver resection, fistula maintenance and repair, and pancreatectomy. In addition, H71 accepts overflow patients from Orthopaedics, Bariatrics, Gynecology, Urology, Plastic Surgery, ENT and Neurology. An RN in this role has well-rounded nursing knowledge due to taking care of many different types of patients. Your primary duties will include but are not limited to: · Providing direct nursing care. · Monitoring, recording and communicating patients’ conditions as appropriate. · Preparing patient care plans. · Administering prescribed medications. The ideal future caregiver is someone who: · Is a team player. · Has excellent communication skills. · Can adapt to change. · Has an interest in growing leadership skills. · Can critically think and problem solve for patients’ best interests. In this unit you will learn, grow and develop: · Caregivers will partner alongside you, who are eager to coach and peer mentor all new hires. · You will have a strong medical foundation – exposure to complex care situations. · You will become skilled with bladder scans, NGs Foleys, wound and ostomy care, and can assist with procedures. (very hands-on learning) · Ultrasound-guided IV certification available & supported by leadership. In this unit, caregivers also have fun: · Breakfast every Wednesday · Team activities: 5k’s, heart walks, volunteering · Close-knit team with great camaraderie and partnership This is an excellent opportunity for already established RNs to discover Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease & Surgical Institute and gain hands-on experience in this rewarding unit. At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That’s why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you’ll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you’ll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.
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 a Registered Nurse (RN).
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Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
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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.
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.
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