RN - Emergency Department

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### Job Title
RN - Emergency Department

### Location
Akron

### Facility
Akron General Medical Center

### Department
Emergency Department-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

### Job Code
AK9855

### Shift
Nights

### Schedule
7:00pm-7:30am

Job Summary

Job Details

ONA Bidding Period: 10/20/26-10/25/26

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 treating our patients as family.

Akron General’s Level I Emergency Department offers the technology, expertise and staffing necessary to treat all injuries, regardless of severity. As an RN Resident on the team, you will deliver exceptional care throughout the patient care journey, alongside a success coach. In this role, you will interact directly with patients and their families, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and provide healthcare education as needed. Here, you will gain extensive hands-on experience and exposure from a fast-paced and highly trained team of caregivers. This position offers you endless opportunities to enhance your skills and grow as a nurse.

A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00PM – 7:30AM, including rotating weekends and 3 holidays per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

- Participate in a residency core curriculum based on individual learning needs.

- Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.

- Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability).

- Respond to data indicating risk to patients’ health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk.

- Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.

- Document in patients’ medical records.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

- Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN program)

- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification or ALS certification through the American Red Cross upon hire or within one year of hire

- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon hire or within one year of hire

- In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

- Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

- ED/critical care experience

Physical Requirements:

- 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.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

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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