RN Surgery – Cardiothoracic OR

About the role

Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Caregivers in the Cardiothoracic OR use their in-depth experience to perform complex operations with the newest surgical techniques, equipment and devices, including minimally invasive, off-pump bypass, robotically assisted and percutaneous procedures. As an RN on this team, you will assist fellow caregivers in delivering exceptional care, from initial introduction to discharge. In this role, you will interact directly with patients, families and visitors, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and supply healthcare information as needed.

Benefits

• Industry leading benefits, including our RN Loan Repayment program, which helps pay off student debt
• Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates
• 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

Schedule

Days from 6:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. + on-call requirements. Orientation is 6 months long Monday – Friday from 6:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. with no weekends or holidays during orientation.

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

Qualifications

• 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
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 6 months of hire
• One year RN experience required or completion of Cleveland Clinic perioperative residency program

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)
• OR experience in circulating and scrubbing

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 for procedures

Pay

Minimum hourly: $35.50 Maximum hourly: $55.60