ED RN PRN

Join Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Avon Hospital provides state-of-the-art healthcare to all its patients and is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.     

Avon Hospital’s Emergency Department provides comprehensive emergency care to adults and children 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be responsible for providing direct nursing care, implementing and monitoring patient care plans, administering medication and treatments, assessing and coordinating patients’ discharge plans, and monitoring, recording and communicating patients’ condition. By taking this opportunity, you’ll build a rewarding career making meaningful differences in the lives of others. 

This position offers opportunities for growth, including becoming certified after two years, participating in professional development classes, and getting involved in committees as a champion of falls prevention, stroke awareness, and hand hygiene. Team members are also promoted enterprise-wide to Assistant Nurse Managers (ANMs), supporting advancement across the Cleveland Clinic system.

This is a regular PRN position, with caregivers working various shifts between 12:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

• Implement and monitor patient care plans.

• Monitor, record and communicate patient conditions as appropriate.

• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.

• Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

• Maintain professional growth and development through ongoing formal and informal education and clinical nursing study.

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)

• One year of current acute care RN and/or Emergency Department experience. Will consider military RN experience

• External applicants must have two years of recent related nursing experience OR Internal applicants with less than two years of experience, but post orientation /90-day probationary period may be considered with Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval

• 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

• Pass all prescreen competency assessments

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of science in nursing (BSN)

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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.