New Grad RN Resident, Surgical Medical Unit
Cleveland Clinic
About the Role
Join Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital and experience healthcare at its best. This facility is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The 9 Surgical Unit provides a wide range of surgical and post-surgical services to adult patients on a 16-bed unit known for its family atmosphere and friendly and positive work environment. As an RN on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers with providing exceptional care to patients from initial introduction to discharge, interact directly with patients, families and visitors, and offer healthcare education as needed. This position works a day/night rotation 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
- 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 (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
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Surgical Medical Unit
- Adult Patients
- Day/Night Rotation
- Every Other Weekend and Holiday Rotation
Qualifications
- Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing (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.
- New grad or less than one year RN work experience.
- If an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting, must have less than one-year current acute direct patient care RN experience.
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.