New Grad RN Resident

About the Role

Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, a Magnet Hospital, is seeking a New Grad RN Resident for the Med/Surg & Post-Op Surgery unit. This unit primarily focuses on the care of post-operative patients from orthopaedic, spine, low-risk bariatric, urology, vascular, colorectal, and general surgeries, but also sees all types of surgical and trauma patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
• Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.
• Initiates and/or maintains interventions to ensure continuity of safe and effective care.
• Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk.
• Seeks supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
• Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies.
• Uses communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes.
• Documents in the patient's medical record according to established guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Critical thinking skills
• Decisive judgment
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• BSN preferred.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire.
• If in a Critical Care area, an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within the first year of employment.
• Within one year of hire, RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) with the exception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status and RNs in the Special Delivery Unit, who must achieve and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
• ONS Chemo/Bio course completed within two years of hire if employed on units where chemo is administered.
• If in an ED, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer-specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facility's accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility.

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.
• 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, 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.