RN Nightingale Ambulatory

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Job Title

RN Nightingale Ambulatory

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Lutheran Hospital Medical Office Buildings

Department

Wound Care-Lutheran Hospital

Job Code

F99891

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

Job Summary

The purpose of this position is to harness the skills of an experienced Ambulatory RN who recently retired but has a desire to transfer knowledge to newer nurses within the organization. Provides professional nursing care to a specified group of patients in a variety of ambulatory care settings.

Job Details

Responsibilities:

• •Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.
• •May perform telephone triage.
• •Notifies physician/LIP of abnormal findings.
• •Establishes a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• •May assist with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• •Administers medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitors patients for response.
• •Provides health education to patients and families. Develops, evaluates, adapts, and documents education to learning needs.
• •May participate in quality initiatives and process improvements activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience, and patient safety.
• •Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• •Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• •BSN preferred.

Certifications:

• •C urrent state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• •Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA), BLS advisor, or American Red Cross required upon rehire.
• •In areas performing moderate sedation procedures and/or cardiac stress testing, must have current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification upon rehire.

Competencies (Complexity of Work):

• •Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• •Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• •Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a RN Ambulatory position at the Cleveland Clinic immediately prior to retirement.
• •Current demonstrated clinical competence.
• •Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Physical Requirements:

• •Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• •Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• •May require some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• •Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• •Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

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