RN Surgery - Open Heart Surgery (Prior Surgery or Cardiac Experience Required) - Cleveland Clinic : Job Details

PRN Registered Nurse (RN) Surgery – Open Heart Surgery

Join Cleveland Clinic's Mercy Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Mercy Hospital offers a wide range of surgical services. Whether patients require minimally invasive procedures or major surgeries, this surgical team is dedicated to providing patients with excellent care in a safe, family-friendly environment. This role fulfills one of the most vital programs to Cleveland Clinic and its history by contributing to the open-heart surgery team.

A PRN caregiver in this position has a weeknight on-call, weekend and holiday rotation. PRN caregivers in this position can also work Monday - Friday from 6:00AM - 4:30PM as needed.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• 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.

• Performing circulating functions, such as monitoring, recording and communicating patients' conditions 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.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

• Internal applicants: one year of recent related clinical experience.

• External applicants: two years of recent related clinical experience.

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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.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

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