Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General where we have been providing world-class care to the community for over 100 years. At Akron General, you will work and learn from some of the best caregivers, provide and receive multitudes of support and appreciation, and create the steppingstones toward a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations. We strive for patient-centered care and comfort, and we are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family. Our NICU opened November 1, 2024, under Cleveland Clinic oversight. We are a 14-bed, level III NICU. We admit infants born as young as 22 weeks gestational age up to full term babies who need help transitioning to life outside the womb. We care for babies who need full-body cooling, respiratory support (CPAP, conventional ventilators, jet ventilator, oscillator), and IV nutrition support as well as attend high risk deliveries and lead neonatal resuscitations. We have a full staff of neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners who are on-site 24/7. Along with our provider team, we have a full team of therapists - physical, occupational, and speech - a dedicated dietician, and a dedicated respiratory therapy team, who are here Monday through Friday. We also have a NICU Clinical Nurse Specialist who provides monthly simulations, hip-to-hip education, and just-in-time education. She has also taken on ensuring our policies and procedures are up to date and in alignment with the enterprise and the latest evidence-based practices. Our staffing core is 5 nurses, though we have a robust per diem team as well as status nurses willing to pick up to help the team. Our assignments are generally 1:3 (i.e. feeder/growers) or 1:2 (i.e. CPAP, stable vent, central lines) with the occasional 1:1 for those extremely high acuity babies (i.e. cooling, unstable jet or oscillator, nitric). As an Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) on this team, you will have direct oversight of the day-to-day operations of the NICU. You will also act as a resource for new caregivers, round with the patients to help improve their experience and perform service recovery. This opportunity offers great leadership skill enhancement and management exposer. It will help you move into a future Nurse Manager role. Our Nurse leadership team supports Nurses and caregivers who want to become professionally certified, go back to school for an advanced degree or who just want to learn new things. Everyone works together as a team in this unit as we have a wonderful supportive environment from teammates to the manager. **A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00PM - 5:00AM.** A caregiver who excels in this role will: + Interview, hire and train staff; provide input into performance evaluations and provides feedback. + Make personnel action recommendations (e.g., promotions, transfers, disciplinary, discharge). + Provide direction and support to the unit staff and supervises admissions, conducts assessment of patient's needs and initiates nursing care plans. + Evaluate and document patient progress. + Facilitate the planning, implementation, development and evaluation of nursing programs, initiative, and objective for the unit. + Assist with the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective delivery of health services in a unit. + Serve as a liaison between the manager, staff and other areas within the organization. + Identify and resolve issues affecting the delivery of patient care services in a unit. + Prepare schedule of work assignments assuring adequate coverage. + Participate in and supports quality improvement projects, outcomes studies and research initiatives. + Participate in departments and committees as assigned. + Assist with providing continuing education and in-service educational programs for caregivers. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: + Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) + Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing + RN license in Ohio + Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross + Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or ALS through the American Red Cross Certification upon or within one year of hire + Two years of recent clinical nurse experience + Strong demonstrated clinical knowledge and skills (oral, written, interpersonal, analytical and organization) Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: + Two years of experience in Level 3 or 4 NICU + Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/ **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. **Pay Range** Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process. Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities