RN Ambulatory - Internal Medicine

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

About the role

As an RN, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care, from initial introduction to final send-off, providing professional nursing care to a specified group of patients in a variety of ambulatory care settings. You will interact directly with patients, families, and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare information as needed.

Responsibilities

• Perform telephone triage.
• Notify physicians/LIPs of abnormal findings.
• Establish a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Collaborate with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective transitions of care.
• Assist with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitor patients for response.
• Participate in quality initiatives, process improvements, and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience, and patient safety.
• Maintain professional growth and development in the nursing field and identify annual core competencies.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing (ADN or BSN program).
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross.
• One year of recent experience as an RN, or LPN, Medical Assistant, and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience if applicant is a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in an ambulatory setting transferring into an RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting, or a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area transferring into an ambulatory area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• ER, urgent care, or critical care experience.
• IV skills.
• Med/surg or telemetry experience.

Physical Requirements

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May require some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

Benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career.
• Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being prioritizes caregiver safety, identifying, reporting, and responding to incidents, and providing safety resources.

Schedule

Days: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.