RN Ambulatory - General Surgery

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Port St. Lucie. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers services in a wide variety of specialties to meet community needs. You'll be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital. Cleveland Clinic's Department of General Surgery is comprised of board-certified surgeons who provide evaluation and treatment for a full range of general surgery conditions. By joining the General Surgery team as an RN, you will assist fellow caregivers in providing exceptional care, from initial introduction to final send-off. In this role, you will interact directly with patients, families and visitors through rooming patients, performing EKGs, chart prep and more. Additionally, the Cleveland Clinic system provides nurses with many professional development resources, including furthering education and online/in-person courses to enhance your skills. A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. Responsibilities Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment. 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. Cover other nursing roles within the department. Develop, evaluate, adapt and document education to learning needs. Provide health education to patients and families. 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 Graduate of accredited school of nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN program) Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) One year of recent experience as a Registered Nurse Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Preferred Qualifications 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 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. Pay Range Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process. #J-18808-Ljbffr Cleveland Clinic