PRN Registered Nurse (RN) – Behavioral MedicineÂ
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Euclid Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This community-based hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Cuyahoga County on the beautiful coast of Lake Erie. The caregivers at Euclid Hospital have made it an excellent medical facility and a home away from home.  Â
Euclid Hospital’s Older Adult Behavioral Health Unit specializes in the treatment of patients above the age of 60 whose principal diagnosis and focus of treatment are mental disorders. Treatment often includes family member participation, aftercare and ongoing care planning following discharge. This unit’s behavioral health services encompass art, dance movement and recreational therapies, social work, pastoral care, psychiatry, internal medicine, physical, occupational and speech therapies, dietary and more.Â
A caregiver in this position works variable shifts, 7:00am—7:30pm. Â
A caregiver who excels in this role will:Â Â
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Provide direct nursing care.Â
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Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans. Â
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Monitor, record, document and communicate patients’ conditions. Â
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Administer prescribed medications and treatments.Â
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Note and carry out physician and nursing orders. Â
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Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.Â
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Educate patients and their families.  Â
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:Â Â
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Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing. Â
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Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). Â
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Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).Â
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External applicants must have two years recent related nursing experience. Internal applicants with less than two years’ experience but post orientation /90 day probationary period could be considered with Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:Â
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Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN). Â
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Physical Requirements:
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Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
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Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
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Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
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Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
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Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
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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.
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Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Personal Protective Equipment:
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Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
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