Cardiothoracic Surgery Registered Nurse

Job Description

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as the No. 4 hospital in the nation. Here, at Cleveland Clinic we strive to make our programs the best available. We want to not only produce the best clinical nurses, but we give them the tools and opportunities to become leaders in the cardiaothoracic surgery community.

As a Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident will become a part of our vascular surgery family and experience one of the most inclusive, well-rounded, and prosperous vascular surgery training programs. You will work alongside seasoned nurses who are eager to educate and coach new graduates. What to expect during your residency program:
-A successful coach will be available 24/7.
-Weekly check-ins to ensure personal and professional goals are met.
-6months of orientation (New and experienced RNs).
-Personal assessments to determine areas for growth and opportunity.
-Scrub Nurse Training / Circulating Nurse Training
-Dayshift is available! Mon-Fri, 8hrs shifts

The ideal candidate is someone who:
-Is a team player.
-Has excellent communication skills.
-Can adapt to change.
-Has an interest in growing leadership skills.
-Can critically think and problem solve for patients’ best interests.

This is an excellent opportunity for new and experienced graduates to discover Cleveland Clinic’s Institute and gain hands-on experience in this rewarding unit. The RN selected for this position will be eligible for tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance, and student loan repayment as a part of our many offerings to invest in your health, well-being, and future.

Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand-in-hand.

Responsibilities:

Participates in a residency curriculum based on surgery core learning needs.
Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
Establishes and revises priorities for patient care activities based on; acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.
Initiates and maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe and effective care for patients.
Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk.
Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
Complies with established hospital and department personnel policies.
Uses communication strategies that are intended to achieve desirable outcomes and a perception of satisfaction by those involved.
Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines.
Other duties as assigned.

Education:

Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
BSN preferred

Certifications:

Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA)

Complexity of Work:

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

New grad or less than one year RN work experience or if experience RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience.

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.