RN Metabolic Disease Care

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Job Title
RN Metabolic Disease Care
Location
Cleveland
Facility
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Department
M62 Metabolic Surgery Unit-Main Campus Hospital
Job Code
F00165
Shift
Day/Night Rotation
Schedule
7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am
Job Summary
Job Details
Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
The M63 Metabolic Surgery Unit focuses on the treatment of patients undergoing Bariatric Surgery, including Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Gastric Banding, and Sleeve Gastrectomy. The dedicated caregivers on this 10-bed, private room, unit provide the highest quality, safest care to adult patients receiving post-surgical care. M63 has a positive, team-oriented and supportive culture with daily 7am huddles for both the night shift and day shift to start/end their shift with an optimistic mindset. We maintain a strict patient-to-staff ratio, never exceeding 5 patients per caregiver.
At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That's why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you'll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you'll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.
The caretaker who accepts this position can expect to work rotating shifts; alternating 6 weeks working days and 6 weeks working nights.
Alternating weekends is required.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
•Provide direct nursing care.
•Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.
•Monitor, record, document and communicate patients' conditions.
•Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
•Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
•Assess and coordinate patients' discharge needs.
•Educate patients and their families.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
•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).
•One-year of current acute care RN experience. Will consider military RN experience.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
•Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).
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Education:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• BSN preferred

Certifications:

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
• If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.

Complexity of Work:

• 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.

Work Experience:

• 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.

Physical Requirements:

• 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.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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