RN - Specialty Care Transplant Unit

                    

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

                        

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

                                    

Job Title

RN - Specialty Care Transplant Unit

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

G101 Specialty Care Trans-Main Campus Hospital

                      

Job Code

F00165

                     

Shift

Day/Night Rotation

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm/7:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. 

The G101 Transplant Specialty Care Nursing Unit is a 34-bed unit that specializes in kidney, pancreas, liver, intestine and face transplant surgeries while also providing supportive services to transplant patients and their families. Known for their exceptional teamwork and kind-hearted medical care, the relationships built between caregivers and patients in this unit are life-long.  As a Registered Nurse in our G101 Specialty Care Transplant Unit, you will provide care to Med/Surg and Solid Organ Transplant patients. You will become familiar with complex medical histories, innovative surgical procedures, pain modalities, and comprehensive nutritional support. 

A caregiver in this position works rotating shifts Day/Evening/Night/Weekend, from 7:00am—7:30pm or 7:00pm—7:30am.  

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide direct nursing care. 

• Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.  

• Monitor, record, document and communicate patients’ conditions.  

• Administer prescribed medications and treatments. 

• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.  

• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs. 

• Educate patients and their families.   

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.  

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).  

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). 

• One-year of current acute care RN experience. Will consider military RN experience. 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor 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