RN Surgery - Operating Room

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Job Title

RN Surgery - Operating Room

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Fairview Hospital

Department

Operating Room-Fairview Hospital

Job Code

F00170

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm/7:00am-5:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.

Fairview Hospital provides a comprehensive range of surgical services, including cardiothoracic, vascular, urology, colorectal, orthopedics, general, bariatric, breast, and cancer-related surgeries. In addition, the hospital offers advanced minimally invasive options such as single-port and robotic surgery that promote faster recovery, reduced pain, and smaller incisions, helping patients return to their lives more quickly. As an RN in this unit, you will ensure patients are prepped, prepared and comfortable before, during and after surgical procedures. Your compassion can make all the difference in their overall experience and offer comfort during often distressing times.

How You’ll Benefit

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. We’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you.

Our 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.

A caregiver in this role works days/evenings/nights/weekends from 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

Provide nursing care in an operative setting to patients undergoing surgical or invasive procedures.

Perform scrub and circulating functions.

Prepare the OR, surgical instruments, and equipment for use.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (AND 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

One year of RN experience OR completion of Cleveland Clinic’s Perioperative Residency Program

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross. If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it within six months of hire

Perioperative experience

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 .

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

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