RN - Acute Care, Neurology and Cardiac Telemetry

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Job Title

RN - Acute Care, Neurology and Cardiac Telemetry

Location

Akron

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

Department

8100 Family Practice Unit-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Job Code

AK9859

Shift

Nights

Schedule

7:00pm-7:30am

ONA Bidding Period: 05/15/25 to 05/19/25

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.

The 8100 Family Practice Unit delivers a range of neuro, cardiac telemetry and general medicine services for populations presenting with various diagnoses, such as sepsis, pneumonia, strokes and FFT. As an RN on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care, from initial introduction to final send-off. In this role, you will interact directly with patients, families and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare education as needed. Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic system provides nurses with many professional development resources, including furthering education and online/in-person courses to enhance your skills.

A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00PM - 7:30AM, Monday through Friday.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Complete ongoing assessments.
• Recognize significant changes in patient condition and respond appropriately.
• Develop and update goals for identified problems.
• Involve the patient/family (or designee) in developing a plan of care individualized to patient cultural, religious and educational needs.
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Serve as a patient advocate.
• Safely administers patient care, medications and treatments.
• Document legibly using concise terms, correct terminology and approved abbreviations.
• Participate in on-going interdisciplinary evaluation of patient/family outcomes and contribute to the improvement of care.
• Delegate tasks/assignments to employees according to their ability and within the scope of their job.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Work 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

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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