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Job TitleRN Ambulatory - Allergy & Immunology

                        

LocationLakewood

                    

FacilityLakewood Family Health Center

                     

DepartmentCleveland Clinic Lakewood-Regional Operations

                      

Job CodeF24007

                     

ShiftDays

                       

Schedule8:00am-4:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic's Lakewood Family Health Center and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Lakewood Family Health Center has been providing top-quality patient care and a wide variety of specialties to the communities in and around Lakewood since opening in the summer of 2018. Lakewood Family Health Center also offers multiple specialty centers, such as a Center for Family Medicine, Center for LGBTQ+ Care, Emergency Department and more.    

Our Department of Allergy and Immunology provides leading-edge care. We specialize in severe asthma, eczema, food allergies and difficult-to-treat conditions.  

A caregiver in this position works Days, from 8:00am—4:30pm. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.  

Perform telephone triage.  

Notify physician/LIP 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.  

Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the clinical department and medical specialty assigned.  

Administer medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitor patients for response.  

Initiate CPR and other emergency measures. Covers other nursing roles within the department 

Provide health education to patients and families.   

Develop, evaluate, adapt, and document education to learning needs.   

Assist in preparation of the department specific education for patients and colleagues.  

Facilitate smooth operation of the ambulatory areas. 

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. 

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

Graduate of accredited school of nursing.  

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). 

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

One year of recent experience as a Registered Nurse. 

In areas performing moderate sedation procedures and/or cardiac stress testing, must have current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification within 6 months of hire. 

Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the time of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility. 

If current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting transferring into a RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience (e.g. Dialysis Tech., Ambulatory CT., in lieu of RN experience,  or if current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area as ambulatory area transferring into will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and /or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience(Dialysis Tech. , Ambulatory CT., Inpatient PCNA, inpatient C.T., Inpatient LPN, in lieu of RN experience.   Current demonstrated clinical competence. 

 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

BSN. 

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Physical Requirements:

Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.

May requires 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.

                       

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 tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

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.

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