New Grad RN Resident – Emergency Department (ED)

Cleveland Clinic•Mayfield Heights, OH
•Onsite

About The Position

The New Grad RN Resident works in the Emergency Department at Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital, a Magnet Hospital and the only Level II Trauma Center on Cleveland’s east side. The department provides emergency services ranging from care for minor injuries to critical and resuscitative care. The resident delivers direct nursing care alongside a success coach and participates in a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program featuring a core curriculum tailored to individual learning needs, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training. This caregiver position is scheduled evenings from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 a.m., with every third weekend and holiday requirements. Caregivers establish or revise patient-care priorities, respond to information indicating risks to patients’ health, take action to address those risks, seek supervision or assistance when needed, and document care in medical records.

Requirements

  • Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN, or BSN program).
  • Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross.
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross.
  • Complete Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC – adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC – geriatric) upon or within two years of hire.
  • Be a new graduate or have less than one year of RN work experience; alternatively, be an experienced RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct-care clinical inpatient work with 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

  • Professional growth through a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program with nine tailored tracks, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training.
  • RN Loan Repayment program to help pay off student debt.
  • Tuition Reimbursement program.
  • Relocation assistance may be available to eligible relocating hires.
  • Caregiver safety resources and support through the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being.
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