New Grad RN Resident – Neurosciences

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH

22h • Onsite

About The Position

The New Grad RN Resident will provide direct nursing care on Cleveland Clinic Main Campus’s H60 Neurosciences Nursing Unit, which cares for complex neurological medical and surgical patients. Conditions treated include stroke, multiple sclerosis, brain and spine tumors, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, degenerative brain diseases, and spinal disorders. The unit is part of a Comprehensive Stroke Center within Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute, and its nursing caregivers are trained in advanced neurological assessment techniques.

The position includes participation in a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program with individualized learning and orientation. Support includes one-on-one preceptors, a success coach, weekly progress meetings, and opportunities such as operating room observation, interactive case studies, and clinic observations. The resident will work with the nursing team in the care of patients undergoing complex procedures, including craniotomies, shunts, aneurysm coiling or clipping, deep brain stimulator procedures, SA drain evaluations, and spinal procedures.

This role works rotating day and night shifts, with weekend and holiday rotation requirements. Cleveland Clinic offers benefits including an RN Loan Repayment program, tuition reimbursement, and potential relocation assistance for eligible relocating caregivers.

Requirements

• 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.
• New graduate or less than one year of RN work experience; alternatively, an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient setting to acute direct-care inpatient work must have less than one year of current acute direct-patient-care RN experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• 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 based on 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.

Benefits

• One-year accredited Nurse Residency program with tailored tracks, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training.
• RN Loan Repayment program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Potential relocation assistance for eligible relocating caregivers.
• Individualized orientation, one-on-one preceptors, and weekly progress meetings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree