New Grad RN Resident

About the Role

Launch your nursing career in Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute (HVTI). As a new graduate nurse in HVTI Progressive Care, you will build a strong clinical foundation while caring for complex cardiovascular patients outside of the intensive care unit. This high-acuity environment is designed to challenge, support, and prepare you for a successful career in critical care nursing.

Key Responsibilities

• Care for a diverse population of medically complex patients, including:
• Post-open heart surgery patients
• Heart and lung transplant recipients
• Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) patients
• Patients with advanced heart failure and other complex cardiovascular conditions
• Care for patients with rapidly changing conditions.
• Develop expertise in advanced cardiac monitoring, complex medication drips, and specialized therapies.
• Strengthen confidence, clinical judgment, and decision-making skills in a fast-paced, supportive environment.
• Gain valuable experience in:
• Advanced patient assessment and prioritization
• Clinical judgment and critical thinking
• Caring for unstable, high-acuity cardiac patients
• Advanced cardiac therapies, technology, and monitoring
• 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

• Shift: 7:00 am - 7:30 am or 7:00 pm - 7:30 am.
• Rotating weekends and holidays.

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 American Red Cross.
• New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience.
• 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.