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Registered Nurse (RN) Homecare Float - East

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic currently serves 14 counties in the greater Cleveland and Akron areas. Divided into 4 teams (East1, East2, West and South), each team is then further divided into smaller geographical areas where each caregiver is assigned to a smaller service area within the team. The caregiver in this role will serve patients in the East 2 area (including but not limited to Cleveland, Maple Heights, Shaker Heights, Warrensville Heights, Bedford, Solon, Twinsburg, Burton, Macedonia and Hudson).

As a Homecare Float Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for providing high quality nursing care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. As an RN, you will provide assessments, complex nursing treatments, and education to help avoid readmissions to the acute care setting. After seeing patients, Homecare RNs work remotely to complete documentation, make calls, attend meetings, coordinate patient care and arrange visit schedules. If there are no visits, RNs monitor quality through a variety of means, such as chart audits and supervisory visits. RNs are reimbursed for mileage (patient to patient) and are eligible for student loan repayment.

A caregiver in this position works from 10:00AM - 10:30PM, 3 days a week with no weekend, holiday or on-call requirement.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the agency, taking visits on the uncovered list, late admissions and other patient visits as needed.

• Participate in and support quality improvement projects.

• Participate in departments and committees as assigned.

• Supervise starts of care, resumptions of care and routine visits as requested.

• Perform accurate and complete admission assessments and reassessments within a specified time frame.

• Assess patient for safety risks, abuse and neglect.

• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

• Assess and document patients' pain using appropriate pain scale and manage patients' pain then.

• Prioritize and document patient problems based on assessed needs and problems in collaboration with patients, family and healthcare team.

• Maintain complete and up-to-date documentation and files at all times regarding patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care and interventions.

• Escalate change in patient condition to patient's physician as appropriate.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

• One year of current clinical experience as an RN.

• One year of experience in an acute medical/surgical or homecare setting.

• Valid Ohio driver's license and proof of automobile insurance coverage with $100,000/$300,000 coverage.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

Cleveland Clinic Home Care Services is a full service home health agency dedicated to continue the World-Class Cleveland Clinic care at home. Our services include skilled nursing, physical, speech and occupational therapy as well as social work and home health aide. To find out more about our services, please visit us on the internet: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/connected-care/services/home-care#overview-tab

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.

• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily 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.

• Must be ambulatory and able to drive to patients' homes, able to climb stairs, pull, push, and facilitate movement of the patient.

• Must be able to read, write and communicate with patients.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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.

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities