New Grad RN Resident – Postpartum

Cleveland Clinic•Mayfield Heights, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

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. Committed to delivering our patients family-centered maternity care, the Postpartum/Nursery Unit at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is proud to be the premier Level III Postpartum/Nursery Unit in our geographic area. We offer 41 recently renovated private-bed rooms for the comfort of our mothers and their newborn(s), as well as sleep accommodations for the mother’s significant other. Our approach to the care of our patients is family-centered, couplet care provided by a staff of highly educated registered nurses and highly skilled support staff. Our nursery is staffed 24/7, with nurses specializing in newborn care. Additionally, physician experts in maternal/fetal medicine offer around-the-clock consultations to our high-risk mothers. And, we also offer 24/7 neonatology care in our new Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, for those babies requiring a higher level of care. As an RN on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care by interacting directly with patients, families, and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare information as needed. This position requires a caregiver who is empathetic, understanding and nurturing to ensure quality patient care and effective life-saving treatment.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).
Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire.
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.
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.
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.
Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment.
Within one year of hire RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) with the exception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status and RNs in the Special Delivery Unit, who must achieve and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
ONS Chemo/Bio course completed within two years of hire if employed on units where chemo is administered.
If in an ED, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility.

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.