New Grad RN Resident
Cleveland Clinic
About the Role
This position is in the Emergency Department (ED) at Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital, a Magnet Hospital. The ED provides 24/7 emergency services for over 35,000 patients annually, handling a range of care from minor injuries to critical and resuscitative needs. The department utilizes a collaborative, team-based approach and focuses on providing an environment for caregivers to learn and excel.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist fellow caregivers with providing exceptional patient care from initial introduction to discharge.
- Interact directly with patients, families, and visitors, enhancing their experience.
- Supply healthcare education as needed.
- 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.
- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR the American Red Cross.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR the American Red Cross within one year of hire.
- New grad or less than one year RN work experience, or if an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year of current acute direct patient care RN experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) (Preferred)
Work Schedule
- Nights: 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.
- Every other weekend and holiday rotation.
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.
Personal Protective Equipment
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.