New Grad RN Resident – Heart Failure ICU

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The New Grad RN Resident will work in Cleveland Clinic Main Campus’s Heart Failure Intensive Care Unit, a 10-private-bed unit caring for adults with complex and advanced heart failure, including patients awaiting heart transplant or requiring intensive medical care. The unit also cares for adolescent and adult patients with pulmonary hypertension who need specialized monitoring and treatment. Patients may require advanced support such as mechanical ventilation, intra-aortic balloon pumps, or left ventricular assist devices.

The resident will develop nursing skills through specialized ICU and device training, caring for critically ill patients and working with advanced therapies and technology alongside an experienced interdisciplinary team. The position includes participation in a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program, with a residency core curriculum tailored to individual learning needs, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training. The resident provides direct nursing care alongside a success coach.

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.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross upon hire or within the first year of employment.
• 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 clinical work with less than one year of current acute direct-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 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 through the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being.

What This Job Offers

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