Location: MetroHealth Main Campus- Glick

Bi-weekly Hours: 72.00

Shift: 7a-7p/7p-7a; Rotating weekends, Rotating holidays

For nearly two centuries, the MetroHealth System's mission has been focused on delivering high-quality patient-centered care to all communities in Northeast Ohio. Today, through our state-of-the-art Level One Trauma Center, cutting-edge specialty care units, and dedicated caregivers, the system is working at the forefront of medicine to address the overall needs of our patients and eliminate healthcare disparities.

All Critical Care units offer enhanced technology to assist with nursing care, including patient lifts, hands-free communication, virtual whiteboards, and continuous telemetry monitoring. The Critical Care Step-Down (CCSD) team staffs the Cardiac Hospitalist Unit. As a medical-surgical unit, the nurse-to-patient ratio of 5:1.

Join our Critical Care Step Down Unit, 7 West!

Primary Patient Population:

• • Congestive Heart Failure
  • COPD
  • DKA
  • Sepsis
  
  
  Primary skills utilized/learned:
  
  
  • EKG interpretation
  • Central Line care
  • Rescue Bi-pap, High Flow Oxygen, Trach/Vents,
  • Assist with bedside procedures (endoscopies, bronchoscopies)
  • Critical thinking, delegating, time management
  
  
  Personnel RN will work with:
  
  
  • • Patient Care Nursing Assistants (PCNAs), Nurse Interns, Providers, PT, OT
  
  
  Number of beds on unit:
  
  
  • 14 beds
  
  
  MetroHealth offers industry-leading benefits, including tuition reimbursement, professional certification incentives, and medical/dental insurance. As a public employer, employees participate in the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System (OPERS).
  
  Required Qualifications:
  
  
  • Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing (or a program seeking accreditation).
  • Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Ohio
  • Current AHA Basic Life Support for the healthcare provider certification or obtained within 90 days of hire.
  • Current ACLS certification or obtained within 6 months of hire
  
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  
  • BSN
  • Professional Certification recognized by the Magnet Association