RN – Pediatric Cardiac ICU

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Job Title

RN -- Pediatric Cardiac ICU

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

M43/M53 Peds ICU-Main Campus Hospital

Job Code

F00165

Shift

Day/Night Rotation

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Pediatric Cardiac ICU at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus is a state-of-the-art 15-bed intensive care unit designed to care for newborns and pediatric post-surgical patients. From home cardiac patients, general pediatrics overflow, transplant candidates, and post-transplant patients, our dedicated and highly trained caregivers deliver world-class patient care through an intricate nursing care model that is rooted in evidence-based practice and always puts patients first. Our goal is that all our professional nursing caregivers provide patients with the highest quality, safest care possible. 

A caregiver in this position works rotating days/nights 7:00 am - 7:00 pm or 7:00 p.m. -- 7:00 a.m. with weekend rotation

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care. 

• Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.  

• Monitor, record, document and communicate patients’ conditions.  

• Administer prescribed medications and treatments. 

• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.  

• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs. 

• Educate patients and their families. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• 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) 

• One year of current acute care RN experience and/or skilled nursing facility (SNF) experience and/or rehab experience and/or Emergency Department (ED) experience required. Will consider military RN experience 

• 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) apart from the NICU RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 

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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.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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