New Grad RN Resident - Lymphoma and Myeloma

New Grad RN Resident – Lymphoma and Myeloma at Cleveland Clinic summary:

The New Grad RN Resident role at Cleveland Clinic's Acute Care Lymphoma and Myeloma Unit involves providing direct nursing care to adult patients undergoing specialized cancer and radiation therapies. This position includes participating in a residency curriculum, collaborating with healthcare teams, and delivering patient-centered care while supporting professional development. It requires handling physically demanding tasks, working irregular hours, and maintaining safety standards in a high-acuity healthcare environment.

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 M71 Acute Care Lymphoma and Myeloma Unit is focused on diagnosing and treating various malignancies and hematologic diseases for adult populations undergoing targeted cancer and radiation therapies. As an RN Resident on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers in providing this exceptional experience, from initial introduction to final send-off. In this role, you will interact directly with patients, families and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their treatment and supply healthcare information as needed. Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic system provides nurses with many professional development resources, including furthering education and online/in-person courses to enhance your skills.   

A caregiver in this position works rotating days/nights from 7:00AM – 7:30PM or 7:00PM - 7:30AM with every other holiday and weekend requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.
• Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
• Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability).
• Respond to data indicating risk to patients’ health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk.
• Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
• Document in patients’ medical records.

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) 
• New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience 
• Completion of an ONS Chemo/Bio course completed within two years of hire
• Cancer-specific certification or demonstrated ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle

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 for procedures.

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:

Registered Nurse, Lymphoma care, Myeloma treatment, Cancer nursing, Radiation therapy, Patient care, Hematologic diseases, Healthcare professional development, Acute care nursing, Clinical residency