RN - Adult Medical Emergency Team (AMET)

                    

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Job Title

RN - Adult Medical Emergency Team (AMET)

                        

Location

Canton

                    

Facility

Mercy Hospital

                     

Department

Clinic Nursing-Nursing Institute

                      

Job Code

F00165

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:00pm/7:00pm-7:00am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.   

 
As an RN on the Adult Medical Emergency Team (AMET), you will respond to emergencies within multiple settings. Between calls, it is an expectation that the AMET RN is rounding within the tower, checking in with each unit, remaining aware of the sickest patient on each unit. This role helps give experienced nurses a chance to recognize concerns early and help bedside teams get the support they need to promote optimal patient outcomes. The AMET RN also works closely with the Nursing Operations Manager on a regular basis, supporting coordination and collaboration across hospital operations. 

 

The AMET role provides broad clinical exposure throughout the hospital, supporting acutely ill patients across medical-surgical, telemetry, cardiac, intensive care, surgical, OB and emergency services. This variety offers nurses a well-rounded opportunity to apply their clinical expertise across multiple care settings. AMET nurses have helped bridge gaps and build strong working relationships with charge nurses, bedside caregivers  and leadership teams to support coordinated, high-quality patient care. Here, you will have access to professional development opportunities include cross-training in Critical Care and the Emergency Department, with potential exposure to Nursing 

Operations. 

 
A PRN caregiver in this position works varying days, afternoons and nights, with an expectation to pick up additional shifts. 

 
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.   

• Maintain professional growth and development through ongoing formal and informal education and clinical nursing study. 

 
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN program) 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or ALS through the American Red Cross upon hire or within first year of employment 

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

 
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)  

• Cleveland Clinic experience 

• Nursing experience in a critical care environment 

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.

                       

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 drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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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