RN- Pediatric Short Stay Unit

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Job Title

RN- Pediatric Short Stay Unit

Location

Mayfield Hts

Facility

Hillcrest Hospital

Department

Pediatric Emergency Dept-Hillcrest Hospital

Job Code

F24015

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

9:00am-9:30pm

Job Summary

Hillcrest Hospital's Pediatric Short Stay Unit is a dedicated 10-bed facility designed to provide short-term medical care and observation for children requiring hospital-level treatment for less than 24 to 48 hours. The unit is ideal for managing acute illnesses, post-operative recovery, diagnostic observation, and treatment requiring brief hospitalization.

Job Details

As an RN on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care by interacting directly with patients, families, and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare information as needed. This position requires a caregiver who is empathetic, understanding and nurturing to ensure quality patient care and effective life-saving treatment. This role also provides the opportunity to float to the Pediatric Emergency Department.

How You'll Benefit

• Our Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being sets caregiver safety as a priority, identifying, reporting and responding to incidents and providing safety resources.

A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) variable shifts.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care.
• Implement and monitor patient care plans.
• Monitor, record and communicate patients' conditions.
• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
• Assess and coordinate patients' discharge needs.

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), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through the American Heart Association within one year of hire
• External candidates: two years of recent related nursing experience
• Internal candidates with less than two years of experience, but are post-orientation/90-day probationary period, may be considered with CNO level review and approval
• Licensed military RN experience will be considered

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)
• ICU or critical care experience
• Pediatric Emergency Department experience
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through the American Heart Association

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.

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