Job Description
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Emergency Services Institute team and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic’s Emergency Services Institute has attained the 90th percentile of all Emergency Departments in the United States. The Emergency Services Institute cares for over 500,000 adult and pediatric patients annually across 16 Emergency Departments.
As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for providing optimal care to all patients assigned to you. You will be part of a close-knit team that provides fast-paced care to patients needing emergent care.
The ideal candidate is someone who:
-Has one year of RN experience in the Emergency Department (ED) or the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
-Works well in a supportive, fast-paced, and collaborative environment.
-Is compassionate, adaptable, and has decisive judgement.
-Is motivated to learn.
This is an excellent opportunity for nurses to advance their career growth opportunities within this teaching unit.
Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.
As a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for providing optimal care to all patients assigned to you. You will be part of a close-knit team that provides fast-paced care to patients needing emergent care.
The ideal candidate is someone who:
-Has one year of RN experience in the Emergency Department (ED) or the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
-Works well in a supportive, fast-paced, and collaborative environment.
-Is compassionate, adaptable, and has decisive judgement.
-Is motivated to learn.
This is an excellent opportunity for nurses to advance their career growth opportunities within this teaching unit.
Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.
- Completes Emergency Department assessment data based upon patients arrival, inclusive of psychosocial, educational and age specific needs.
- Reviews and documents care and discharge goals with physician and patient and family.
- Accurately administers and documents IVs and medications according to established standards of care and policies and procedures.
- Accurately intervenes when changes in a patient's condition occur and documents nursing interventions and patients responses in accordance with policy.
- Assigns/delegates appropriate patient care activities to other nursing staff based on patient needs and skill level/qualifications of staff members.
- Provides appropriate care for alleged rape/sexual assault victims utilizing established ED protocols.
- Demonstrates ability to initiate appropriate community referral for patients and families.
- Follows system and department policies and procedures with special attention to attendance and punctuality, confidentiality, dress code and display of ID badge, and safety.
- Completes mandatory education and training in order to maintain organization and department specific competencies and requirements. Maintains applicable certification/licensure. Maintains Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Must obtain and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within three months of employment/transfer.
- Other duties as assigned
Education:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing BSN preferred.
Certifications:
- Current license as a registered nurse in the state of Ohio. Maintains current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Must obtain and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within three months of employment/transfer.
Complexity of Work:
- Maintains competencies specific to patient population served.
Work Experience:
- Two years emergency room experience preferred, or candidates with relevant critical care experience may be considered.
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
By embracing and understanding the diversity EVERY ONE brings, Cleveland Clinic has created an inclusive culture that promotes innovation, growth, and new ideas. This has enhanced our ability to attract the best global talent to provide the best patient experience possible. Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Smoke/drug free environment.
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