New Grad RN Resident – Neurosciences

About the role

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 H60 Neurosciences Nursing Unit cares for complex neurological medical and surgical patients diagnosed with conditions such as stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, brain and spine tumors, Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, degenerative brain diseases and spinal disorders. Located on Main Campus, the H60 unit is certified as part of a Comprehensive Stroke Center within Cleveland Clinic’s nationally ranked Neurological Institute and our nursing caregiver staff members are highly trained specialists in advanced neurological assessment techniques. Our unit prides itself on providing new caregiver orientation that is individualized to ensure success. We encourage participation in opportunities to enhance the orientation learning experience such as operating room observation time, interactive case studies with our nurse practitioners and residents, clinic observations and more. We also support new nurses with one-on-one preceptors, as well as weekly progress meetings. Join our unit and take part in some of the most complex procedures in healthcare, such as craniotomies for brain tumors, shunts, aneurysm coiling/clipping, deep brain stimulators, SA drain evaluations, spinal procedures, laminectomy, discectomy and fusions with hardware.

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.

Requirements

• 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) OR the American Red Cross.
• New graduate or less than one year RN work experience, or if an experienced RN moving from non‑inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) (preferred).

Skills

• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye‑hand coordination.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Ability to work 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