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PRN RN - Rapid Observation Unit

Cleveland Clinic·Akron, Ohio

Part Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 12 days ago
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About the role

Provide direct nursing care and implement patient care plans within the Rapid Observation Unit of the Emergency Department. Coordinate with various disciplines to monitor patient conditions and manage discharge needs.

At cleveland clinic health system, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the cleveland clinic health system team, and the power of every one.

Job title

PRN RN - Rapid Observation Unit

Location

Akron

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

Department

Rapid Observation Unit-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

JOB CODE

F24015

SHIFT

Variable

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

Job summary

Job details

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 treat our patients as family.

Akron General’s Rapid Observation Unit is part of the Emergency Department (ED) and provides treatment and evaluation to patients while determining if the patient needs to be admitted to the hospital. As an RN, you will deliver exceptional care, throughout the patient care journey. 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.

  • How You’ll Benefit
  • Our Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being sets caregiver safety as a priority, identifying, reporting and responding to incidents and providing safety resources.

A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) varying shifts. You must work 48 hours within a six week period.

A caregiver who excels in this role will

Provide direct nursing care.

Implement and monitor patient care plans.

Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions.

Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.

Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.

Minimum Qualifications

for the ideal future caregiver include:

  • Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing (ADN or BSN program)
  • Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
  • External applicants: two years of recent related nursing experience
  • Internal applicants: less than two years of experience, but post orientation/90-day probationary period considered with the Chief Nursing Officer approval for internal applicants OR military RN experience
  • Successfully pass all prescreen competency assessments

Preferred Qualifications

for the ideal future caregiver include:

  • Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)
  • Cardiac Telemetry experience
  • Neuro experience with an NIH certification

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

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.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/ [https://info.flclearinghouse.com/]

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster [https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal].

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

Benefits

  • Caregiver Safety Resources
  • Caregiver Well-Being Programs
  • Workplace Violence Prevention

Posting details

Employment type
Part Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Location
Akron, Ohio
Posted
Jul 15, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit, multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based...

Salary listed on 15 jobs
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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