What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Medical/Surgical & Telemetry Unit position at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute?
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Fairview Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Fairview Hospital has been recognized as one of the top hospitals in Cleveland and Ohio. Here, you will work with and learn from some of our best caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Fairview Hospital’s 2 South Medical/Surgical & Telemetry Unit provides comprehensive care and caring services for adults, 18 years of age or older, who have medical and surgical diagnoses and offers a warm, comforting healing environment.
A caregiver in this position works day/evening/night/weekend, 7:00am—7:30pm.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
Physical Requirements
Fairview Hospital’s 2 South Medical/Surgical & Telemetry Unit provides comprehensive care and caring services for adults, 18 years of age or older, who have medical and surgical diagnoses and offers a warm, comforting healing environment.
A caregiver in this position works day/evening/night/weekend, 7:00am—7:30pm.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
- Provide direct nursing care.
- Implement and monitor patient care plans.
- Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions.
- Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
- Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.
- 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).
- External applicants: two years of recent related nursing experience.
- Internal applicants with less than two years’ experience, but post orientation/90-day probationary period, could be considered with the Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval.
- Will consider military RN experience.
- Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).
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.
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.