New Grad RN Resident – Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Cleveland Clinic • Mayfield Heights, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is seeking a New Grad RN Resident for its Intensive Care Unit. The ICU provides care for complex acute and chronic health issues, including trauma, high-risk obstetrics, sepsis, gastrointestinal bleeds, and strokes. The RN works directly with patients, families, and visitors, supporting exceptional care and providing healthcare information as needed. The role calls for an empathetic, understanding, and nurturing caregiver focused on quality patient care and effective life-saving treatment.

The resident participates in a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program with a tailored learning track, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training. The program supports professional growth and provides opportunities to advance on Cleveland Clinic’s Professional Ladder. The caregiver works rotating day and night shifts, with every-other-weekend and holiday rotation requirements.

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 or the American Red Cross.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross upon hire or within one year of employment.
• Be a new graduate or have less than one year of RN work experience; alternatively, an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient to acute direct-care clinical inpatient setting 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 patient-care priorities 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.
• Interact directly with patients, families, and visitors, and provide healthcare information as needed.

Benefits

• One-year accredited Nurse Residency program with 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 employees.
• Access to educational development courses.
• Opportunity to advance on the Professional Ladder.

What This Job Offers

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