Nightingale RN - Med/Surg & Telemetry

Nightingale RN - Med/Surg & Telemetry

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.

Fairview Hospital's 6 North/South Med/Surg and Telemetry Units provide comprehensive care and caring services for adults, 18 years of age or older, who have medical and surgical diagnoses and offer a warm, comforting healing environment. As a Nightingale RN, you will leverage your experience and harness the skills of an experienced RN HOPS who recently retired but has a desire to transfer knowledge to newer nurses within the organization. You will provide regular professional nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic services and to hospitalized patients in a variety of healthcare settings.

A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) between 7:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. 7:30 a.m., with weekend requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assess patient; complete nursing assessment, document findings in patient records, and notify physician of abnormal findings.
• Establish a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Coordinate ongoing care; identify discharge needs and facilitate discharge planning as appropriate.
• Provide telephone triage and participate in call rotations per department needs.
• Perform nursing procedures and treatments as directed by physician or LIP in the treatment and management of patient care.
• Evaluate, initiate, and maintain standards of care consistent with CCHS policies and procedures.
• Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the clinical department and medical specialty assigned.
• Administer medications and treatments as ordered by a physician or LIP.
• Direct, coordinate, and participate in the evaluation and supervision of nursing care provided to patients.
• Establish patient care priorities and delegate nursing activities according to patient needs and staff qualifications and capabilities.
• Serve as charge nurse when assigned to ensure efficient operations and continuity of care.
• Participate in education, research, and performance improvement activities; provide health education to patients and families.
• Develop, evaluate, adapt, and document education to meet learning needs and abilities of patients and families.
• Assist in the preparation of department-specific education for patients and colleagues; cover other nursing roles in the department.
• Maintain core competency in nursing, including CPR and skills labs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)
• In areas performing moderate sedation procedures must have current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification
• Three years of experience in an RN HOPS position at the Cleveland Clinic immediately prior to retirement

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelors of science in nursing (BSN)
• In areas operating with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC Lines), Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) or Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) certification

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily 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.

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 drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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