RN Resident - Complex Medical Care

Whether you are just graduating from nursing school or bringing years of experience in a different specialty to a new position at Cleveland Clinic, you will benefit from our residency program. Throughout your residency, you will work with our Success Coach team of dedicated nursing professional development specialists to build off those experiences. They will be always available to you " in person, virtually and through email " to answer questions and help you grow as a caregiver.Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital's 4D Medical Nursing Unit is a general medical-surgical unit with 44 beds (in private and semi-private rooms). A Registered Nurse Resident will become a part of our family and experience one of the most inclusive, well-rounded, and prosperous training programs. You will work alongside seasoned nurses who are eager to educate and coach new graduates.What to expect during your residency program: A successful coach will be available 24/7. Weekly check-ins to ensure personal and professional goals are met. Personal assessments to determine areas for growth and opportunity.Open Communication, Collaboration Among Multi-Disciplinary Team. Numerous Opportunities for Professional Growth and DevelopmentThe ideal 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.This is an excellent opportunity for new graduates to discover Cleveland Clinic and gain hands-on experience in this rewarding unit. Cleveland Clinic values and supports our nurses by offering student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement to eligible full- and part-time RNs.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 itiates 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 plies 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 preferredCertifications:Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire.If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment.Within one year of hire RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) with the exception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status and RNs in the Special Delivery Unit, who must achieve and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).ONS Chemo/Bio course completed within two years of hire if employed on units 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 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.Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic plexity 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.Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.