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Job TitleNew Grad RN - Colorectal Surgery

                        

LocationCleveland

                    

FacilityCleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

DepartmentH51 Colorectal Surgery-Main Campus Hospital

                      

Job CodeF99938

                     

ShiftDay/Night Rotation

                       

Schedule7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summaryurgery is part of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute, which has been ranked second in the nation by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals Survey since 2003, and first in Ohio since 1990. Working with 16 colorectal surgeons, our dedicated and highly engaged nursing staff is focused on providing world-class medical and surgical care to patients with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, colon cancer, and genetic bowel disease.

As a caregiver on H51, nurses are provided invaluable experience caring for patients with complicated medical histories, complex dressings, innovative surgical procedures, pain modalities, and comprehensive nutritional support. One of the few nursing units in the world dedicated almost exclusively to the care of colorectal surgery patients, H51 caregivers have pioneered curative surgeries for ulcerative colitis and colon cancer. Our veteran nursing staff is excited to educate and mentor the nurses of tomorrow. Ninety percent of RN staff who begin their careers on H51 remain caregivers on the unit. Additionally, 85 percent of H51 nurses have BSN degrees.

Our nurses model patient-centered care by practicing bedside hand-off reports and bedside multidisciplinary daily rounding, which is imperative to the care of our patients. Our goal is that all of our professional nursing caregivers provide patients with the highest quality, safest care possible.


Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

                         

Job Details

Responsibilities:

Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs.Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients.Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk.Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies.Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes.Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines.Other duties as assigned.

Education:

Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.BSN preferred

Certifications:

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).

If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.

Complexity of Work:

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

New grad or less than one year RN work experience or if experience RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN 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.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

Keywords: New Grad, Med/Surg, Medical Surgical, Chrohn's Disease, Colon Cancer, Med Surg, bowels, medical/surgical, med surg, general surgery, general surgery nurse, medical-surgical

                       

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