Assistant Nurse Manager - Progressive Coronary Care Unit

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Job Title Assistant Nurse Manager - Progressive Coronary Care Unit Location Cleveland Facility Fairview Hospital Department Parkview Ii-Fairview Hospital Job Code F2801E Shift Evening/Night Rotation Schedule 3:00pm-11:30pm/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 Progressive Coronary Care Unit (PK II) is a telemetry unit focused on providing excellent, high-quality care to cardiac patients. Caregivers in this unit are highly engaged and maintain a wide knowledge base with a special emphasis on cardiothoracic surgery, dysrhythmia management, telemetry monitoring, and heart failure. As an Assistant Nurse Manager on this unit, you will assist fellow RNs, physicians and medical staff in providing the best possible healthcare experience. Your work will mainly focus on evaluating patient condition, improving unit policies, managing caregiver schedules and welcoming new nurses to the team.

This position offers a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of everyone you meet and the community as a whole. You can also benefit from the comprehensive benefits offered by Cleveland Clinic, such as further education, professional development courses and employee wellness programs.

A caregiver in this role works an evening/right rotation from 3:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Support the Nurse Manager with supervising and supporting RNs and other nursing support caregivers.

• Supervise admissions, conduct assessment of patient's needs and initiate nursing care plans.

• Evaluate and document patient progress.

• Facilitate the planning, implementation, development, and evaluation of nursing programs, initiatives and objectives for the unit.

• Assist with the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health services in a unit.

• Serve as a liaison between the manager, caregivers and other areas within the organization.

• Identify and resolve issues affecting the delivery of patient care services in a unit.

• Prepare schedule of work assignments assuring adequate coverage.

• Participate in and support quality improvement projects, outcomes studies and research initiatives.

• Assist in orienting new caregivers.

• Participate in continuing education and in-service educational programs.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

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

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

• Two years of recent clinical nursing experience

• Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Previous supervisory experience

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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