RN - Endoscopy

                    

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Job Title

RN - Endoscopy

                        

Location

Mayfield Hts

                    

Facility

Hillcrest Hospital

                     

Department

GI Endoscopy-Hillcrest Hospital

                      

Job Code

F99950

                     

Shift

Days + Call

                       

Schedule

7:00am-5:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

The Endoscopy department offers upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for esophageal, stomach and duodenal disorders, wireless capsule endoscopy and balloon-assisted enteroscopy for intestinal disorders, colonoscopy for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for colonic disease, and ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound for pancreatic and biliary disorders. This is a highly experienced team of caregivers that collaborate on various endoscopy procedures to achieve excellent medical outcomes for patients. 

As an RN on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care by interacting directly with patients, families, and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare information as needed. This position requires a caregiver who is empathetic, understanding and nurturing to ensure quality patient care and effective life-saving treatment. This position allows you to use your comprehensive skills and expertise to deliver outstanding care while providing you numerous opportunities to explore educational development courses and advance the Professional Ladder at Cleveland Clinic.   

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:   

• Provide nursing care to hospitalized patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic services in a variety of healthcare settings.   
• Assess patients, complete nursing assessments, document findings in patient records and notify physicians of abnormal findings.   
• Perform telephone triage and call rotations.  
• Perform nursing procedures and administer treatments and medications.  
• Establish care plans in collaboration with patients, families and the health care team.   
• Coordinate ongoing care, identify discharge needs and facilitate discharge planning.   
• Evaluate, initiate and maintain standards of care.   
• Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the clinical department and medical specialty assigned.
• Administer medications and treatments as ordered by a physician or LIP.
• Educate patients and families.   
• Cover other nursing roles in the department.   
• Maintain core competencies in nursing including CPR and skills labs. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

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

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)  
• External applicants must have two years recent related nursing experience.
• Internal applicants with less than two years’ experience but post orientation /90 day probationary period could be considered with Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval.
• Successfully pass all prescreen competency assessments
• Will consider military RN experience

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR the American Red Cross
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR American Red Cross
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR American Red Cross within one year of hire

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily 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.

                       

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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