RN Acute Care Lymphoma Myeloma

RN Acute Care Lymphoma Myeloma

Location: Cleveland

Facility: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department: M70/M71 Lymphoma/Myeloma-Main Campus Hospital

Job Code: F00165

Shift: Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule: 7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am

Job Summary

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. Transitions to RN Resident II upon successful completion of the core curriculum.

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 a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
• 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.

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.

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