What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN PRN - Emergency Department position at Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute?
RN PRN – Emergency Department
Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General's Bath Health and Wellness Center and become part of a top healthcare system in Akron. This patient-friendly facility offers a variety of primary care, emergency care and specialty services along with Lifestyles, a medically based fitness program and facility.
The board-certified, emergency medicine physicians at Bath Health and Wellness Center Emergency Department are available around-the-clock to provide comprehensive care to adults and children. As an RN, you will be part of a family of caregivers that is passionate about serving the local community.
A caregiver in this position works varying shifts.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
Physical Requirements
Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General's Bath Health and Wellness Center and become part of a top healthcare system in Akron. This patient-friendly facility offers a variety of primary care, emergency care and specialty services along with Lifestyles, a medically based fitness program and facility.
The board-certified, emergency medicine physicians at Bath Health and Wellness Center Emergency Department are available around-the-clock to provide comprehensive care to adults and children. As an RN, you will be part of a family of caregivers that is passionate about serving the local community.
A caregiver in this position works varying shifts.
A Caregiver Who Excels In This Role Will
- Complete Emergency Department assessment data based upon patients’ arrival, inclusive of psychosocial, educational and age specific needs.
- Review and document care and discharge goals with physicians, patients and families.
- Administer and document IVs and medications.
- Intervene when changes in a patient’s condition occur and document nursing interventions and patient’s responses.
- Assign and delegate appropriate patient care activities to other nursing caregivers.
- Provide appropriate care for alleged rape/sexual assault victims.
- Provide community referrals to patients and families.
- Complete mandatory education and training to maintain competencies, requirements, certification and/or licensure.
- Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Ohio
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within three months of employment/transfer
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Two years of emergency room experience or relevant critical care 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.
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required