RN - Cardiovascular Stepdown

Job Description

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Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. The J71 Medical Cardiac Step-down Unit is part of Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular and Thoracic institute. Since 1995, Cleveland Clinic has been recognized as of the top hospitals for Cardiology in the country.

J71 is one of three Cardiac Stepdown Units that care for the full spectrum of cardiac care. J71 / 72 / 73 cares for interventional or PCI patients, those with angina and / or myocardial infarction, heart failure patients and arrhythmia patients needing medical therapy or EPS services, such as temporary or permanent pacemakers and ICD insertion, ablation or cardioversion. Nursing Associate Externs are enrolled in a ten-week program and required to attend classes. Once the program is completed, you may be eligible for a Patient Care Nurse Assistant role.

A caregiver in this position works day / night rotation, 7 : 00am—7 : 30pm or 7 : 00pm—7 : 30am.

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)

One year of current acute care RN experience. Will consider military RN experience

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include :

Bachelor 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.

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Pay Range

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