What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Resident position at Cleveland Clinic?
Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute is a world-renowned healthcare organization. We care for patients with heart, vascular and thoracic diseases, providing innovative treatments in a welcoming environment.
Job Description
The J7-2 Cardiology Stepdown Unit cares for interventional or PCI patients, those with angina and/or myocardial infarction, heart failure patients and arrhythmia patients needing medical therapy or EPS services. The patient population also includes pre-operative open-heart surgery for CAD, TAVR patients, aneurysms or faulty heart values and pulmonary hypertension.
Responsibilities
- Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
- Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
- Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability).
- Respond to data indicating risk to patients health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk.
- Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
- Document in patients medical records.
Qualifications
- 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).
- New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) upon or within first year of hire in Critical Care, ED or Special Delivery.
- Completion of an ONS Chemo/Bio Course within two years of hire in units where chemo is administered.
- Completion of a Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) upon or within one year of hire in Dedicated Trauma Centers and ED.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Provider Status Certification through American Heart Association (AHA) within one year of hire for NICU.
- Cancer-specific certification or demonstrated ongoing qualifying education in Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center or Cancer Clinic and/or Chemotherapy.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) upon or within one year of hire in ED settings.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelors 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.
Personal Protective Equipment
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
