RN – Surgery

About the role

Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital, a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, is seeking an RN to join their surgical team. This position requires a caregiver who is empathetic, understanding and nurturing to ensure quality patient care and effective life-saving treatment. As an RN on this team, you will play a vital role assisting surgeons during procedures, setting up instrumentation, and much more. You will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care offering the opportunity to enhance the patient's experience and supply healthcare information as needed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional nursing care in an operative setting to adult and pediatric patients undergoing surgical or other invasive procedures
• Perform scrub functions, such as selecting and handling instruments and supplies
• Perform circulating functions, such as monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing the overall nursing care of patients before, during and after the procedure
• Assist the operating physician with surgical tasks, such as hemostasis, suturing, wound exposure and patient positioning
• Prepare the Operating Room, surgical instruments and surgical equipment for use

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (ADN or BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Licensed military RN experience will be considered
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• One year RN experience required or completion of Cleveland Clinic perioperative residency program

Qualifications

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) preferred

Physical requirements

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time
• 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
• Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 25 pounds and ability to push, pull, and navigate supply carts weighing > than 75 pounds periodically
• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures

Schedule

Days from 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with on-call requirements.

Pay

Minimum hourly: $35.50 Maximum hourly: $55.60

Benefits

• RN Loan Repayment program, which helps pay off student debt
• Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career
• Relocation assistance for those relocating to join
• 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