RN Ambulatory - Triage Internal Medicine

Company: Cleveland Clinic
Location: Strongsville
Posted on: June 17, 2022

Job Description:

Provides professional nursing care to a specified group of patients in a variety of ambulatory care settings.

**Job Responsibilities:**

+ Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.

+ Performs telephone triage.

+ Notifies physician/LIP of abnormal findings.

+ Establishes a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.

+ Collaborates with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective transitions of care.

+ Assists with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

+ Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the clinical department and medical specialty assigned.

+ Administers medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitors patients for response.

+ Initiates CPR and other emergency measures. Covers other nursing roles within the department

+ Provides health education to patients and families. Develops, evaluates, adapts, and documents education to learning needs. Assists in preparation of the department specific education for patients and colleagues.

+ Facilitates smooth operation of the ambulatory areas.

+ Participates in quality initiatives, process improvements, and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience, and patient safety.

+ Maintains professional growth and development in the nursing field and identified annual core competencies.

+ Some RN Ambulatory work may require travel within the region to support physician clinics and surgical procedures in various locations.

+ Other duties as assigned.

**Education:**

+ Graduate of accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.

**Certifications:**

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

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) required.

+ 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 within 6 months of hire.

**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.

+ Professional behavior/appearance required, ability to focus on patient safety, teamwork, patient outcomes, patient experience and quality improvement.

+ The ability to travel within Cleveland Clinic regional locations.

+ Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

**Work Experience:**

+ Minimum one year recent experience as a Registered Nurse.

+ If current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting transferring into a RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience (e.g. Dialysis Tech., Ambulatory CT., in lieu of RN experience, or if current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area as ambulatory area transferring into will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and /or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience(Dialysis Tech. , Ambulatory CT., Inpatient PCNA, inpatient C.T., Inpatient LPN, in lieu of RN experience. Current demonstrated clinical competence.

**Physical Requirements:**

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

+ Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.

+ May requires 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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KEYWORDS: RN, ambulatory, Strongsville, internal medicine, triage,

RN will support the Strongsville Family Health Center Internal Medicine department. Schedule will be 5- 8 hour shifts per week. There will be a rotating weekday evening shift (until 8pm) and half day Saturday required. Responsibilities mainly include phone triage.

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

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