New Grad RN - Emergency Department

Job Description:

Located in vibrant and rejuvenated Ohio City, Lutheran Hospital is a 203 bed-acute-care facility conveniently located near downtown Cleveland. If flexible shifts, walking or riding a bike to work, enjoying great restaurants, shopping and major sporting events are on your must have list, Lutheran Hospital Emergency Department is the place for you! Lutheran Hospital is the heartbeat of the Ohio City Community; where caregivers care for their community like family and friends. Lutheran Hospital’s impressive patient satisfaction scores and state of the art technology reflect the level to which Lutheran Hospital truly excels at patient care. Offering 21 private emergency department beds and a customized split-flow process designed to expedite patient care and reduce wait times, Lutheran’s emergency department focuses on providing treatment based on each individual patient’s specific needs. Utilizing a patient split-flow process provides the timely triage of patients to assess the severity of illness and individual patient needs – significantly reducing wait times, accomplishing registration immediately, and accelerating treatment based on acuity. In addition, Lutheran Hospital's emergency department includes a 6-bed behavioral health unit that is designed specifically for the care and safety of our high-risk patients. As a member of Lutheran Hospital's emergency department team, you'll work alongside highly skilled and compassionate Cleveland Clinic caregivers including physicians, physician assistants, registered nurses, paramedics, technicians and hospital unit coordinators. As a team, compassionate and supportive care is provided to all patient populations, ranging from infants to geriatric patients. Among 124 community hospitals nationwide, Lutheran Hospital has placed No. 1, winning the Vizient Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award for excellence in delivering safe, patient-centered care that is timely, effective, efficient, and equitable. The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in the United States, has also recognized Lutheran Hospital as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures.-ANCC Pathway to Excellence® Hospital-CMS Five-Star Quality Rated- Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score – Grade “A”-Vizient Quality Leadership AwardBy completing this application, you may be considered for a New Grad RN career opportunity at Cleveland Clinic. Once you submit a completed application, you will be contacted to discuss your experience, shift, and schedule preferences so we can best identify the right opportunity for you.Not ready to apply, but have questions about RN roles with Cleveland Clinic? Click on the link below to schedule a time to speak with a Recruiter on the Nursing team: https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/35slbj42/?e_id=6297 Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs. Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Responsibilities: Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs.Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients.Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk.Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies.Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes.Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines.Other duties as assigned. 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.Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility. 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.