Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care), Physician Assistant or Clinical Nurse Specialist-Step Down Unit House Officer (Avon)

                    

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Job Title

Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care), Physician Assistant or Clinical Nurse Specialist-Step Down Unit House Officer (Avon)

                        

Location

Avon

                    

Facility

Avon Hospital

                     

Department

Intensive Care and Resuscitation-Integrated Hospital Care Institute

                      

Job Code

T98526

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

12:00am-12:00am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Step-up to Step-Down!  Interested in Critical Care but would rather allow yourself time to develop your critical thinking, assessment and team leader skills before diving into the ICU?  The Cleveland Clinic is currently seeking innovative, adaptable and critical thinking Acute Care Nurse Practitioners to join us as we grow and develop our successful, NP led team of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners by providing high quality, acute care to patients at Avon Hospital’s Step-Down unit.  NP experience is preferred, however candidates with at least 3 years of experience as a Step Down, Emergency Room or Critical Care RN will be considered.  Successful candidates will have a strong desire for autonomous practice and have the ability to function at the top of their license after training, fully integrating into a community hospital system where they have the ability to affect real change and improve patient outcomes with every interaction.

The Step-Down unit Intensive Care and Resuscitation House Officer will, with oversight from the critical care physician, develop and implement plans of care for acutely ill patients.  These may include necessary testing, procedures and consultation with various specialties.  This provider will also assist with Rapid Response and Code Blue efforts throughout the hospital in collaboration with the ICU Nurse Practitioner.  As you progress through your training, you will have the opportunity to obtain further procedural skills that will result in the ability to intubate, place central lines and arterial lines, and manage ventilators.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Daily rounding and development of plans of care for each patient in consultation with the physician
• Daily progress notes
• Admissions
• Transfers
• Discharges
• Assistance as Team Leader with Rapid Response and Code Blue in collaboration with the ICU NP
• Continual communication and collaboration with providers involved in patient care
• Procedures including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, ventilator management and others as necessitated by patient condition

All new hires will undergo an in-depth and fully paid hybrid orientation process that will include:

• Dedicated didactic time with presentations on applicable topics provided by experts in their field
• Dedicated time on their home unit with a focus on hands-on daily practice and professional growth and development.
• Multiple simulation days, progressive in nature, that provide real-life patient care scenarios in a safe environment for learning at Cleveland Clinic’s Simulation and Advanced Skills Center
• Hands-on training for procedures in OR and Cadaver Lab
• Time spent at each regional site to learn workflows and patient management
• Participation in a mentorship program (1 year in duration)

Education:

APRN

Effective 05/01/2014: MSN required upon hire or within 3 years of hire for external hires and internal hires moving from a non-APRN licensed role to an APRN licensed role.

Graduate of an accredited APRN program.

If in neonatal care service area Master’s Degree is required upon hire.

PA

Graduate of an A.R.C. approved Physician Assistant Program.

Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies and/or higher degree obtained from a program recognized by their practicing states Licensing Board.

Languages:

Oral and written communication in English

Certifications:

NP

• Currently licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in applicable