Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. The H51 Colorectal Surgery Unit focuses on the treatment of patients with Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Colon Cancer, and genetic bowel diseases. The dedicated caregivers on this unit provide the highest quality, safest care to adult patients. We adhere to a strict patient-to-staff ration never exceeding 6 patients per caregiver. H51 has a positive, team-oriented and supportive culture with daily 7am huddles for both the night shift and day shift to start/end their shift with an optimistic mindset. Experienced caregivers on H51 are eager to educate newer nurses. A caregiver in H51 can expect to gain a strong medical foundation with true medical/surgical nursing. Become skilled with bladder scans, NGs, Foleys, Wound and Ostomy Care, and can assist with procedures. Ultrasound-guided IV certification is available and supported by leadership. **A caregiver in this position works straight nights.** A caregiver who excels in this role will: + Supervise and coordinate unit clinical operations. + Provide patient care. + Facilitate communication and collaboration among unit caregivers and other departments/units. + Review major operational patient care issues with Nurse Managers. + Provide ongoing clinical evaluations of caregivers, counsel caregivers on performance issues, administer initial corrective actions and monitor attendance issues. + Interview, select and orient new caregivers. + Prepare work schedules to ensure adequate coverage on all shifts. + Participate in and support quality improvement projects, outcomes, studies and research initiatives. + Assume responsibilities of the Nurse Manager in their absence. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: + Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing. + Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). + Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). + Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA). + Two years of recent clinical nursing experience. + Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills. 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/ At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That's why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you'll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you'll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare. Provides clinical supervision and coordinates unit clinical operations with other departmental disciplines under the direction of the Nurse Manager. Provides effective and efficient patient care to all ages on assigned shifts or as otherwise designated. Assumes responsibilities of nurse manager in his/her absence. **Responsibilities:** + Facilitates communication and collaboration among unit staff and other departments and units regarding issues related to patient care. + Ensures continuity of patient care information between shifts, coordinates patient admitting, discharges, transfers and other operational issues. + Reviews major operational patient care issues with Nurse Managers. + Provides ongoing clinical evaluations of nurses and other direct and indirect patient care providers on assigned unit/area. + Counsels employees on performance issues, administers initial corrective actions, collaborates in monitoring attendance issues. + Alerts nurse manager of significant clinical or other performance issues. + Participates in interviewing, selecting and appraising the performance of employees. + Monitors the adherence to EEO/AAP goals and guidelines. + Administers Nursing Institute, departmental and CC policies and procedures. + Supervises and participates in the daily delivery of patient care on assigned unit/area. + Prepares schedule of work assignment assuring adequate coverage on all shifts. + Participates in and supports quality improvement projects, outcomes studies and research initiatives; participates in department and committees as assigned. + Assists in orienting new personnel, continuing education and in-service educational programs. + Other duties as assigned. **Education:** + Graduated from an accredited school of professional nursing. + Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required. + Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills; good oral, written and interpersonal skills, strong analytical and organization skills. **Certifications:** + Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN). + Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) + If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment. + Within one year of hire RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) with the exception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status and RNs in the Special Delivery Unit, who must achieve and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA). + ONS Chemo/Bio course complete within 2 years of employment if employed on units inpatient and/or outpatient where chemo is administered. + If in an Adult/Combined EDs, ACLS upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department. + If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department. + In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department. + Vascular Access Registered Nurse (VARN) program attendance required and obtains either a Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) or Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) certification upon hire or within a year of hire in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) areas. **Complexity of Work:** + Within scope of job, requires critical thinking, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. + Must be able to work in a stressful environment. **Work Experience:** + Minimum two year recent clinical nurse experience required. **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. **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