RN Ambulatory - Rheumatology
Company: Cleveland Clinic
Location: Lorain
Posted on: June 19, 2022
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Job Description:
Provides professional nursing care to a specified group of
patients in a variety of ambulatory care settings.
**Job Responsibilities:**
+ Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.
+ Performs telephone triage.
+ Notifies physician/LIP of abnormal findings.
+ Establishes a care plan in collaboration with the patient,
family, and health care team.
+ Collaborates with care coordinators to ensure smooth and
effective transitions of care.
+ Assists with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures.
+ Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the
clinical department and medical specialty assigned.
+ Administers medications and treatments as ordered by
physician/LIP and monitors patients for response.
+ Initiates CPR and other emergency measures. Covers other nursing
roles within the department
+ Provides health education to patients and families. Develops,
evaluates, adapts, and documents education to learning needs.
Assists in preparation of the department specific education for
patients and colleagues.
+ Facilitates smooth operation of the ambulatory areas.
+ Participates in quality initiatives, process improvements, and
research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient
experience, and patient safety.
+ Maintains professional growth and development in the nursing
field and identified annual core competencies.
+ Some RN Ambulatory work may require travel within the region to
support physician clinics and surgical procedures in various
locations.
+ Other duties as assigned.
**Education:**
+ Graduate of accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.
**Certifications:**
+ Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
+ Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA)
required.
+ In areas performing moderate sedation procedures and/or cardiac
stress testing, must have current Advanced Cardiac Life Support
(ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification
within 6 months of hire.
+ Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a
cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying
education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation
cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer
center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an
accredited Cleveland Clinic facility.
**Competencies (Complexity of Work):**
+ Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the
ability to work with minimal supervision.
+ Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take
appropriate action.
+ Professional behavior/appearance required, ability to focus on
patient safety, teamwork, patient outcomes, patient experience and
quality improvement.
+ The ability to travel within Cleveland Clinic regional
locations.
+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
**Work Experience:**
+ Minimum one year recent experience as a Registered Nurse.
+ If current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in ambulatory Cleveland
Clinic setting transferring into a RN role but remaining in the
same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting will consider
current LPN, Medical Assistant, and/or other unlicensed clinical
healthcare experience (e.g. Dialysis Tech., Ambulatory CT., in lieu
of RN experience, or if current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in a
clinical role within the same specialty area as ambulatory area
transferring into will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and
/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience(Dialysis Tech.
, Ambulatory CT., Inpatient PCNA, inpatient C.T., Inpatient LPN, in
lieu of RN experience. Current demonstrated clinical
competence.
**Physical Requirements:**
+ Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and
eye-hand coordination.
+ Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
+ May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily
fluids.
+ 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.
**Personal Protective Equipment:**
+ Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment
as required for procedures.
KEYWORDS: RN, ambulatory, Lorain, part time, days, no weekends, no
evenings, rheumatology, infusion
This is a part time position, working 24 hours per week between the
hours of 7am-5pm. Position would include injections, infusions,
patient education, triage, nurse visits, etc.
Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment
employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with
Disabilities
Keywords: Cleveland Clinic, Lorain , RN Ambulatory - Rheumatology, Healthcare , Lorain, Ohio
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