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RN Resident/New Grad Nurse - Neuro ICU

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Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Shift
12-hour days
Hours a week
36 hrs a week
Unit
ICU

Posted Aug 17 · New grads welcomed · reported

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What the listing says

Role

Schedule
12-hour days · 3 a week · 36 hours
Weekends
Every other weekend
Term
Permanent
Setting
Clinic
Accepts
RN
Experience
New graduates

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
In range for OH staff roles

OH staff postings that state pay run $29/hr to $53/hr, the middle half $34/hr to $46/hr, across 459 postings.

About this role

Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in hand.

Neuro ICU - G20/H22 Unit Profile

The Neurological Intensive Care Unit on G20/H22 provides world-class care to complex neurological medical and surgical patients. The unit is certified as part of the Comprehensive Stroke Center within Cleveland Clinic’s nationally renowned Neurological Institute. Located on Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus, the patient population of the nursing unit includes young adult through geriatrics with diagnoses of conditions such as: ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, subdural hematomas, status epilepticus/seizures, brain tumors, neuromuscular disorders and spinal injuries.

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Our talented nursing staff consists of highly trained specialists in advanced neurological assessment techniques. Our nursing caregivers commonly perform state-of-the-art medical interventions, including aneurysm coiling, interventional radiology for acute strokes and the treatment of vasospasm, hypothermia therapy and medically induced paralysis and come to optimize brain tissue viability.

Our nurses are an integral part of promoting early patient mobility, which is facilitated with modern equipment such as ceiling lifts and other devices to ensure caregiver and patient safety. The units tout an individualized orientation process that enhances the learning experience by allowing new nurses to observe and take part in a wide-range of procedures. New nursing caregivers are also supported with one-on-one preceptors, as well as weekly progress meetings.

Schedule/Shift Info

  • Three 12-hour shifts per week
  • Day/Night Rotations - rotating every 6 weeks
  • EOW / EOH (every other weekend/holiday)

A caregiver in this position works rotating days/nights from 7:00AM – 7:30PM or 7:00PM – 7:30AM

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. Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) New graduate RN OR less than one year of RN work experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include

Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

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.

Keywords: ICU, Neuro, Neuro ICU, Neuro Stepdown, New Grad, RN New Grad, G20, H22, M80, H62, H63

Pay Range

Minimum hourly: $35.50 Maximum hourly: $55.60

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires. A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set and education. The pay range displayed does not include any applicable pay practices (e.g.

  • shift differentials, overtime, etc.). The pay range does not include the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings account contributions, etc.).

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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.
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  • Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Place

City
Cleveland, Ohio
Rent against this pay
17% of monthly gross
This role$945/mo rent
Monthly gross$5,616/mo

$945 median rent against $5,616 a month at $36/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.

Local household income
$40,801/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
6% below the national average

Cleveland area index 93.9, where 100 is the national average.

At about 6% below the national average, Cleveland stretches your RN paycheck further. Wake to Lake Erie sunrises from Edgewater, grab pierogi at West Side Market, then clock shifts near Cleveland Clinic in University Circle — a dense medical corridor. Come home to Tremont's Victorian porches or Ohio City's brewery row.

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Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

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ICU / Critical Care has an opening for new graduates. New grads welcomed · reported. See this posting’s qualifications and orientation details.

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