New Grad RN Resident, Neuro Stepdown

About the Role

Cleveland Clinic's H62/H63 Neurology Stepdown Unit provides top-quality patient care to diverse populations of neurological and medical-surgical patients. Caregivers in this unit care for young adult, adult, and geriatric patients with varying diagnoses of conditions such as:

• Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes
• Subdural hematomas
• Status epilepticus/seizures
• Brain tumors
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Spinal injuries

Complex neurological procedures commonly performed in this unit include:

• Intracranial pressure monitoring
• Seizure monitoring
• Lumbar punctures
• Blood transfusions
• Corpak placements
• Cervical traction placements
• Central/arterial line placement

Caregivers can also float to med/surg units six months after hire. This position involves three 12-hour rotating day/night shifts from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m., with every other weekend and holiday rotation requirements.

Key Responsibilities

A caregiver in this position will:

• Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
• Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care, considering acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.
• Respond to data indicating risk to patients’ health and initiate action to correct, reduce, or prevent risk.
• Seek supervision, consultation, and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
• Document in patients’ medical records.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Minimum qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN, or BSN program).

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross.

• If in a Critical Care area, an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification or American Red Cross must be presented upon hire or within the first year of employment.

• New grad or less than one year RN work experience, or if an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient to an acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year of current acute direct patient care RN experience.

• Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Physical Requirements

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, 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.