RN Resident – Vascular Surgery Stepdown Unit

RN Resident – Vascular Surgery Stepdown Unit

Requirements

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)
• Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire
• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing
• BSN preferred
• If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment
• Within one year of hire RNs in Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA)
• If in an Adult/Combined EDs, ACLS upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department
• 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
• In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC – adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC – pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department
• Vascular Access Registered Nurse (VARN) program attendance required and obtains either a Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) or Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) certification upon hire or within a year of hire in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) areas
• 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.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Is a team player
• Has good communication skills
• Can adapt to change
• Has an interest in growing leadership skills
• Can critically think and problem solve for patients’ best interests