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Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.

The Surgical Intensive Care (SICU) and Medical Intensive Care (MICU) Units provide comprehensive critical medical support to diverse populations. As an RN serving these patients, you will ensure they feel comfortable and safe throughout treatment. This position offers you an opportunity to enhance your critical care, trauma and CRRT dialysis knowledge while making a difference in the lives of everyone you meet, every day.

How You'll Benefit

+ 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 position works PRN (as needed) variable shifts from 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.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.

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: two years of recent experience in an acute care setting

+ Internal applicants with less than two years' experience, but post orientation/90-day probationary period, could be considered with the Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval

+ Will consider military RN experience

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) OR American Red Cross

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)

+ Experience in a Critical Care Setting

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.

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities