RN New Grad Acute Medicine Telemetry Geriatrics

Join Cleveland Clinic’s G80 General Internal Medicine Unit as a Registered Nurse and experience being a part of a nationally recognized hospital while building an exceptional career. Become a part of a supportive environment where everyone excels and is valued for what they bring to the team. 

On our G80 General Internal Medicine Unit, you will be caring for adult patients with complex multi-system failure issues, such as congestive heart failure and sepsis. You will also be taking care of patients with Nutritional Deficiencies, which is unique to our G80 unit. Many of our patients also require ongoing cardiac monitoring, so you will be trained in Cardiac Dysrhythmia and EKG interpretation.  

This role has robust orientation training, which includes:  
•Clinic and operating room observations.  
•One-on-one work with your preceptor.  
•Weekly progress meetings.   

Choose the schedule that works best for you: Day/Night rotating (every 6 weeks) or straight Nights. Our nurses work three 12-hour shifts per week, every other weekend and every other holiday.

Our G80 General Internal Medicine Unit is great for a registered nurse who wants to gain a wealth of knowledge, have a flexible schedule, and build a strong foundation of skill sets for their nursing career. 

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.

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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