RN - Surgery Center Pre-Op and Post-Op

Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital is a fully integrated, state-of-the-art medical campus that includes diagnostic centers, outpatient surgery and a 24-hour emergency department. Martin North Hospital is part of the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit, multispecialty, academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education.

The Surgery Center at Martin North Hospital provides for various specialties including Abdominal and Hernia Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Breast Disease and Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Interventional Cardiology Surgery, Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgical Endoscopy and Pain Management and Surgical Oncology.

As an RN on the Pre/Post Surgery Team, you will collaborate with fellow caregivers to make meaningful differences in the lives of patients and their families. In this position, you will use your nursing knowledge to support patients before or following surgical procedures, ensuring that the patient needs are met and care is timely and

appropriate. You will also prepare bays and place both pre- and post-op phone calls to patients. Here, you can take advantage of the countless professional and educational resources offered by Cleveland Clinic, including online courses, committee involvement and Nursing School.

A PRN caregiver in this position works varying days from 6:00AM – 2:30PM or 8:00AM – 4:30PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care.
• Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.
• Monitor, record, document and communicate patients’ conditions.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.

Educate patients and their families.

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Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (Diploma, ADN 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 current acute care RN experience OR licensed military RN experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Two years of recent clinical nursing experience

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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

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