RN Hospital -- NICU

RN Hospital -- NICU at Cleveland Clinic summary:

This role involves providing specialized nursing care in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for newborns with complex medical conditions at Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus. Responsibilities include administering medications, monitoring patient conditions, coordinating discharge needs, and educating families, all while adhering to evidence-based nursing practices. Ideal candidates hold RN licensure, relevant certifications such as Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and have acute care nursing experience in pediatric or neonatal settings.

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. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus is a Level IV, state-of-the-art 17-bed intensive care unit designed to care for newborns with the most complex medical problems. Our dedicated and highly trained caregivers deliver world-class patient care through an intricate nursing care model that is rooted in evidence-based practice and always puts patients first. Our goal is that all our professional nursing caregivers provide patients with the highest quality, safest care possible.

A caregiver in this position works day/night rotation, 7:00 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m.

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 and/or skilled nursing facility (SNF) experience and/or rehab experience and/or Emergency Department (ED) experience required. Will consider military RN experience 

• RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) apart from the NICU RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 

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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.

Keywords:

Neonatal Intensive Care, Registered Nurse, NICU Nursing, Patient Care, Neonatal Resuscitation, Pediatric Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice, Acute Care, Medication Administration, Family Education