New Grad RN - Hematology Oncology Unit

Join Cleveland Clinic's Taussig Cancer Institute team and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Taussig Cancer Institute is ranked fifth in the United States, and first in Ohio. Taussig Cancer Institute is a 36-bed Hematology/Oncology unit, known as G70, on Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus. This highly acute unit cares for patients who have a cancer diagnosis involving solid tumors and/or metastatic disease.As a Registered Nurse on the Taussig Cancer Institute G70 Unit, you will:* Be specially trained to assist with giving patients chemotherapy.* Provide support to adult patients on the unit.* Focus on the treatment of many varied malignancies and hematologic diseases from new diagnosis to end of life.* Provide care alongside a multi-disciplinary team of caregivers.* Integrate the best treatment modalities to a complex oncologic population from admission to discharge.The ideal caregiver is someone who:* Works well in a supportive and collaborative environment.* Can provide emotional, spiritual, and psychological support to patients.* Can critically think and problem solve for patients' best interests.* Is comfortable working in a fast-paced environmentIn this unit, you will learn, grow and develop:* Caregivers develop transferrable skills with exposure to variety of patient diagnoses.* Complete ONS Chemo/Bio course within 6 months - understanding chemo reactions and becoming an expert in this area.* Work alongside physicians who are leaders in their specialty and experts in care.In this unit, caregivers are also part of a supportive team:* Leaders are eager to jump in when needed and bring positivity and cohesion with morning huddles.* Patients are very appreciative of care they receive.* Caregivers receive emotional support to grow.This is an excellent opportunity for nurses to advance their career growth opportunities within this teaching unit. The Registered Nurse selected for this position will be eligible for tuition reimbursement as part of our many offerings to invest in your health, well-being, and future. We offer our caregivers many opportunities for professional development. The Professional Ladder Program, professional development courses through our Global Leadership & Learning Institute, and opportunities to advance into management are just a few.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 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 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.+ 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 facility.**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.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.Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities