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Job Title

RN Ambulatory – Pre Post & PACU

                        

Location

Stuart

                    

Facility

Martin Health North

                     

Department

Surgery Center Stuart-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

                      

Job Code

000309

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

6:00am-6:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Martin North Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This downtown Stuart hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County on the beautiful St. Lucie River. The caregivers at Martin North Hospital have made it an excellent medical facility and a home away from home.     

As an RN on the Pre/Post Surgery Team, you will collaborate with fellow RNs, providers and Anesthesia Techs 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 endoscopic surgical procedures, acting as both an educator and advocate. You can also take advantage of the countless professional and educational resources offered by Cleveland Clinic, including online courses, committee involvement and Nursing School.    

How You’ll Benefit 

• Take advantage of industry leading benefits, including our RN Loan Repayment program, which helps pay off student debt, and our Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career. And if you’re relocating to join us, you could be eligible for relocation assistance. For a full list of benefits, click here. 

• 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 position works 3 days per week Monday – Friday with a varying schedule between 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Perform telephone triage.  

• Notify physicians/LIPs of abnormal findings.  

• Establish a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team. 

• Collaborate with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective transitions of care. 

• Assist with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.  

• Administer medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitor patients for response.  

• Initiate CPR and other emergency measures. 

• Provide health education to patients and families. 

• Develop, evaluate, adapt and document education to learning needs. 

• Participate in quality initiatives, process improvements, and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and patient safety.  

• Maintain professional growth and development in the nursing field and identify annual core competencies. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing (ADN or BSN program) 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• One year of recent experience as a Registered Nurse OR

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)  

• Will consider LPN, Medical Assistant and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience in substitution of RN experience if applicant is a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in an ambulatory setting transferring into an RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting OR a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area transferring into an ambulatory area 

• One year of ambulatory pre- and post-op care experience 

• Two years of med/surg experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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