New Grad RN Resident - Neonatal ICU

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Job Title

New Grad RN Resident - Neonatal ICU

Location

Mayfield Hts

Facility

Hillcrest Hospital

Department

Onsite Nursing-Nursing Institute

Job Code

F99904

Shift

Day/Night Rotation

Schedule

7:00pm-7:30am/7:00am-7:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

The Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Hillcrest Hospital is dedicated to delivering the highest quality, family-centered care to ill neonate and extremely low birth weight infants. This team provides 24-hour neonatology services, evidence-based nursing practice and advanced respiratory care, such as high-frequency ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide. As an RN, you serve as an essential support person in the NICU. In this role, you will interact directly with babies, their families and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance the treatment experience and supply healthcare information as needed. Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic system provides nurses with many professional development resources, including furthering education and online/in-person courses to enhance your skills.

A caregiver in this position works a day/night rotation from 7:00pm to 7:30am or 7:00am to 7:30pm. Requirements include every other weekend and holiday. No on-call requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct patient care to neonates in accordance with established healthcare organization policies, procedures, and protocols. Implements and monitors patient care plans.

• Monitor, record, and communicate patient condition as appropriate.

• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.

• Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing (ADN or BSN program)

• Current licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within one year of hire

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

• One year of experience in an acute care hospital setting

• Will consider licensed military RN experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• NICU 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.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

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