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Full-time
associate degree, bachelor degree
Health insurance, Influenza prevention program
Posted 10d ago
~36 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The RN provides direct patient-centered care, monitors behavioral health needs, and performs crisis intervention and de-escalation on a 26-bed psychiatric unit. Responsibilities also include assessing patient conditions, administering medications, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited School of Professional Nursing and hold a current state Registered Nurse license. A Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required, and specific experience is needed for ED triage assignments.
Full job description
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
RN - Psychiatric Unit
Location
Akron
Facility
Akron General Medical Center
Department
6400 Psychiatric Unit-Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Job Code
AK9865
Shift
Nights
Schedule
7:00pm-7:30am
Job Summary
Job Details
ONA Bidding: 08/19/2026 - 08/24/2026
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.
6400 is a 26-bed behavioral health unit dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. The unit includes three medical beds, and patients are medically cleared prior to admission. Caregivers have the opportunity to develop valuable skills in crisis intervention, de-escalation, therapeutic communication, and building therapeutic relationships while collaborating with psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Day-to-day responsibilities include participating in shift huddles, providing patient-centered care, monitoring patient behaviors and needs, assisting with daily activities, supporting crisis intervention and de-escalation, and communicating changes or concerns to the care team. Senior Behavioral Health Technicians conduct patient safety rounds every 15 minutes, while RNs complete hourly rounds. The 6400 team fosters a supportive, close-knit environment where caregivers work together, welcome new team members, and provide ongoing support to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.
A caregiver in this position worksnights, 7:00pm—7:30am. Every other weekend.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Provide direct nursing care.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a given patient population.
Complete ongoing assessments, recognize changes in patient condition and respond appropriately.
Develop and update goals, involve patients and families in developing plans of care, coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care and serve as a patient advocate.
Administer treatments and medication.
Participate in the ongoing interdisciplinary evaluation of patient/family outcomes, improvement of care andquality improvement process.
Delegate tasks/assignments and serve as a resource person.
Complete psychiatric core curriculum and Managing Disruptive Behavior Training within six months of hire.
Provide individualized and timely interventions, establish priorities for delivering patient care, document nursing interventions and patient responses, participate in QI data collection, communicate information to oncoming nurses, perform unit coordinator responsibilities and participate in clinical instruction programs.
Triage psychiatric patients that present to the ED, complete medical screening examination forms, initiate admission paperwork, assist with insurance/pre-certification, obtain physician orders, give reports to the floor and document all pertinent information.
Assist with transporting patients and the assessment and treatment of psychiatric nursing issues in the ED.
Consult on managing disruptive behavior and restraint issues, assess patients for suicide and elopement risk, recommend proper levels of patient observation and provide discharge information.
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
If assigned to ED Triage primarily, five years of nursing experience and three years of inpatient psych 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
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/
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Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
10,001+ employees
Headquarters
Cleveland, Ohio
LinkedIn followers
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Total funding
$363M
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 upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation, Cleveland Clinic has become one of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country.
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