RN Specialist – Medical Emergency Team

                    

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Job Title

RN Specialist – Medical Emergency Team

                        

Location

Akron

                    

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

                     

Department

Nursing Administration-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

                      

Job Code

AK1311

                     

Shift

Nights

                       

Schedule

7:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General where we have been providing world-class care to the community for over 100 years. At Akron General, you will work and learn from some of the best caregivers, provide and receive multitudes of support and appreciation, and create the steppingstones toward a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations. We strive for patient-centered care and comfort, and we are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.    

Medical Emergency Team (MET) RN Specialists develop, implement and evaluate processes and systems for providing a proactive approach to nursing care and patient management to improve patient outcomes, reduce non-ICU medical emergencies and decrease ICU transfers. This approach will include proactive rounding on the inpatient units, obtaining input from the bedside RNs to identify acute patient issues or problems, communicate the acute changes to providers to plan and implement interventions using a collaborative approach. MET RNs provide emergency response to patients and facilitate care until a patient is stable or transported to a higher level of care in collaboration with the MET team (APP and RT), support the critical response and resuscitation committee (CRRC) with analysis of data, review of clinical cases, and presentation at regular reviews, lead the implementation of process improvements, and support education training for the clinical caregivers based on analysis of identified through the rounding and quality review process. 

A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. including weekend and holiday rotation requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Develop processes and systems for identifying patients requiring critical assessment and intervention. 

• Implement action plans identified through analysis of data and case reviews. 

• Participate as a CRRC member/leader. 

• Perform entry of cases into the quality data review tool, nursing review of events prior to an emergency event or code and presentation of cases to CRRC meetings. 

• Analyze and remain current with evidence-based practice and recommend adoption or standards in collaboration with the team. 

• Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies. 

• Provide education and training for nursing caregivers related to code response roles (i.e. documentation on emergency response form code sheet, operation of the zoll defibrillator and monitor, nursing role in a code or emergency). 

• Collaborate with nursing professional development to provide mock codes and simulation for nursing caregivers. 

• Serve as a resource/support to nursing caregivers, providers, patients, families and other departments. 

• Review patient lists and tools in the electronic medical record to prioritize assessment and intervention for high-risk patients. 

• Round on all inpatient units to discuss patients being followed by MET or those with newly identified clinical issues that could lead to further deterioration. 

• Work with primary nurses on acute patient issues.  

• Provide coaching, education and support in real time in assessment, intervention, planning and evaluation for primary nurses delivering patient care. 

• Address acute issues as they arise and activate full MET/Rapid