RN Surgery Resident - General Surgery

About the role

Cleveland Clinic's General OR is a dynamic, team-focused surgical environment that cares for patients undergoing a wide range of complex procedures, including GI, colorectal, oncology, bariatric, endocrine, transplant, and other advanced surgeries. Cases can range from two to twelve hours and include highly specialized operations such as Whipple procedures, colon and intestinal surgeries, organ transplants, and complex oncology interventions. The General/Colorectal OR is also at the forefront of surgical innovation, offering experience with both traditional multi-port and advanced single-port robotic procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support patients before surgery
• Maintain a safe and organized sterile environment
• Assist during procedures
• Advocate for patients while they are under anesthesia
• Provide education and communication to patients and families
• Participate in a residency core curriculum based on surgery core learning needs
• Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach
• Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability)
• Respond to data indicating risk to patients' health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk
• Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently
• Document in patients' medical records

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• New grad or less than one year RN work experience, or if experienced RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor 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

Benefits

• One-year accredited Nurse Residency program with nine tailored tracks, including online modules, simulation lab and hands-on training
• RN Loan Repayment program to help pay off student debt
• Tuition Reimbursement program
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates
• Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being with safety resources

Schedule

• Full-time day shift position with on-call requirements
• Shifts assigned after orientation
• Orientation is 6 months long, Monday – Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. for caregivers new to the OR setting

Pay

• Minimum hourly: $35.50
• Maximum hourly: $55.60