Registered Nurse Grad/G90 Urology Main Campus
RN New Grad/Experienced G90 Urology Main Campus - Req #: 4977 - location: Cleveland, OH - facility: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus - professional area: Nursing - New Grad - department: N/A - jobcode: F99938 - schedule: Full time - shift: Other - Job Details Job Summary: Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs. Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Transitions to RN Resident II upon successful completion of the core curriculum. The G90 Urology/Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus is a 36-bed medical-surgical telemetry unit dedicated to the care of postoperative urology patients, as well as overflow patients from Cleveland Clinics Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, Cole Eye Institute, and other surgical service areas. Our patients range in age from young adult to geriatric; however, our most common patient population is approximately 65 years old. Primary procedures performed on our unit, include: partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, radical prostatectomy, urolithiasis and cystectomy with continent/incontinent urinary diversion. We also care for a small population of ophthalmology patients having eye plaque radiation, as well as bariatric patients having Roux-N-Y and Banding. Our nursing caregivers follow an intricate nursing care model that is rooted in evidence-based practice and always puts patients first. Major focuses of the nursing care provided on G90 include: pain control, return of bowel and bladder function, DVT prevention and ambulation. Our goal is that all caregivers provide patients with the highest quality, safest care possible exuding the Cleveland Clinic nursing organizations values of quality, innovation, teamwork, service, integrity and compassion. Responsibilities: - Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs. - Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. - Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability. - Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients. - Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk. - Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently. - Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies. - Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes. - Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines. - Other duties as assigned. Education: - Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing. - BSN preferred Certifications: - Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). - Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) certification must be presented upon hire. Complexity of Work: - Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. - Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. Work Experience: - New grad or less than one year RN work experience or if experience RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience. Physical Requirements: - Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, 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. The policy of Cleveland Clinic and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our employees and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. Job offers will be rescinded for candidates for employment who test positive for nicotine. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinics Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after 90 days. Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic facility. Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities