Job TitleAssistant Nurse Manager - ENT/Plastics & Internal Medicine LocationCleveland FacilityCleveland Clinic Main Campus DepartmentG81 Nephrologyentderm-Main Campus Hospital Job CodeF28002 ShiftDays Schedule7:00am-7:30pm Job Summary Job Details Cleveland Clinic’s G81 ENT/Plastics & Internal Medicine Unit is an 8-bed ENT/Plastics specialty stepdown unit and a 24-bed internal medicine unit. Patients in this unit have a wide variety of acute and chronic medical conditions, such as head and neck cancer, surgical flaps and grafts, renal failure, diabetes, hypertension, pneumonia, sepsis and complex multi-system failure. Caregivers float to both sides of the unit, so you will have one foot in medicine and 1 foot in critical care. A caregiver in this position works days| 7:00am—7:30pm. 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) Or the American Red Cross • **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 • Two years of recent clinical nursing experience • Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills 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.