PRN RN – Neuroscience ICU

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.   

The 10-bed specialty Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NSICU) at Akron General houses a team of caregivers who support patients recovering from strokes, neuro traumas and various neuro surgeries. Because this population requires such critical and constant care, your role as an RN is even more vital to their comfort and health. In this role, you will offer pain-reducing sedation, mobility assistance and other essential tasks to boost resilience and outlook. Every day, you can make a transformative difference in the lives of patients and their families. 

How You’ll Benefit 

• Our Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being sets caregiver safety as a priority, identifying, reporting and responding to incidents and providing safety resources. 

• A caregiver who excels in this role will:  
• Provide direct nursing care. 
• Implement and monitor patient care plans.  
• Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions.  
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.  
• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing   
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)   
• External applicants: two years of recent experience in an acute care setting 
• Internal applicants with less than two years’ experience, but post orientation/90-day probationary period, could be considered with the Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval  
• Will consider military RN experience 
• Successfully pass all prescreen competency assessments
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon or within one year of hire 
• Satisfactory completion of CVVHD training and a TNCC certification within one year of appointment 

• TCAR certification upon or within 24 months of hire 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 
• Neuro ICU experience

• 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.

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.