New Grad RN Resident, Orthopaedics
Cleveland Clinic
About the Role
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Medina Hospital, a community-based hospital providing top-quality patient care for over 75 years. This role is on the 2 East unit, a 15-bed nursing unit specializing in post-surgical orthopaedic and spine patients. The unit also cares for stable telemetry patients. As an RN Resident, you will deliver exceptional care throughout the patient journey, working alongside a success coach, interacting directly with patients and their families, and providing healthcare education. This position works nights from 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM.
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
- 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 American Red Cross
- New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) (Preferred)
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.