RN - Neonatal ICU (NICU)

                    

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Job Title

RN - Neonatal ICU (NICU)

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Fairview Hospital

                     

Department

NICU-Fairview Hospital

                      

Job Code

F00015

                     

Shift

Nights + Call

                       

Schedule

7:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.  

Fairview Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has a dedicated team of caregivers that provide the highest quality, family-centered care to ill neonate and extremely low birth weight infants. This unit provides 24-hour neonatology services, evidence-based nursing practice, and advanced respiratory care, such as high-frequency ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide. As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be responsible for providing direct nursing care to neonates, implementing and monitoring patient care plans, administering medication and treatments, assessing and coordinating patients’ discharge plans, and monitoring, recording and communicating patients’ condition. 

How You’ll Benefit 

• Take advantage of industry leading benefits, including our RN Loan Repayment program, which helps pay off student debt, and our Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career. And if you’re relocating to join us, you could be eligible for relocation assistance.  
• Our Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being sets caregiver safety as a priority, identifying, reporting and responding to incidents and providing safety resources. 

A caregiver in this role works nights + on-call shifts from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with weekend and holiday requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct patient care to neonates in accordance with established healthcare organization policies, procedures and protocols.
• Implement and monitor patient care plans. 
• Monitor, record, and communicate patient condition as appropriate. 
• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. 
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders. 
• Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (ADN or BSN program) 
• Current licensure as Registered Nurse (RN) 
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within one year of hire 
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 
• One year of experience in an acute care hospital setting OR licensed military RN experience 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:   

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 
• Adult ICU or Medical/Surgical experience 
• NICU experience 

Physical Requirements:

• 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.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

                       

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