RN - Adult Psychiatry Unit

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Job Title RN - Adult Psychiatry Unit                         

Location Cleveland                     

Facility Lutheran Hospital                      

Department Nursing Adult Psychiatry 2B-Lutheran Hospital                       

Job Code F24015                      

Shift Day/Evening/Night/Weekend                        

Schedule 7:00am-7:30pm                        

Job Summary                          

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Lutheran 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 patient care, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a meaningful career at one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Lutheran Hospital’s 2B Adult Psychiatry Unit is part of the Acute Adult Behavioral Health Center and provides around-the-clock care for adult and older adult patients with acute behavioral, emotional and/or psychiatric disorders who require close supervision, ongoing assessment and/or intensive treatment. As an RN on this team, you will deliver exceptional care throughout the patient journey while interacting directly with patients and their families, enhancing their experience and providing education and support as needed.

How You’ll Benefit

• Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. We’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you.

• 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.

This is a regular PRN position, with caregivers works days/evenings/nights/weekends between 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care.

• Implement and monitor patient care plans.

• Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions.

• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.

• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.

• 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

• *If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of hire

• External applicants: two years of recent related nursing

• Internal applicants: less than two years of experience, but post-orientation/90-day probationary period considered with the Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval

• Military RN experience considered

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)

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.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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