RN Hospital - Pulmonary/ Integrated Care Unit

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.We all have the power to help, heal and change lives - beginning with our own. That's the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.Job TitleRN Hospital - Pulmonary/ Integrated Care Unit LocationCleveland FacilityCleveland Clinic Main Campus DepartmentJob CodeF99938 ShiftDay/Night Rotation Schedule7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am Job SummaryThe G91 Pulmonary/Integrated Care Unit at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus is part of Cleveland Clinic health system's Respiratory Institute. With 21 step-down beds and 13 intermediate care beds, G91 patients are higher acuity patients, which is heavily considered when making nursing assignments. Our G91 nursing staff members are specially trained in the care of the pulmonary patient as well as the general medicine patient. With a "patients first" mentality, we work within a multidisciplinary team to facilitate the needs of our patients.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. Job DetailsResponsibilities: 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 preferredCertifications: Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.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 Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) 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 Clinic Health System's 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 Health System facility.Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities