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New Grad RN Surgery Resident - Operating Room

You'll give nursing care in the OR to patients having surgery or other invasive procedures, working alongside a coach.

Posted Oct 20

Shift and hours
Days, 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A caregiver in this role works days from 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Unit and setting
Operating Room, Fairview Hospital · Hospital to patients undergoing surgical or other invasive proceduresSurgical and other invasive-procedure patients
License
RN license Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)Current state RN licensure
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

New grads
Welcomed
License
Current state RN licensure Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
Certification
BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
Education
Graduate of an accredited nursing program (diploma, ADN or BSN) Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN program)
Experience
New grad or less than one year of RN experience

Preferred

Experience
Perioperative experience

What it pays

Benefits

  • Professional development resources, including furthering education and online/in-person courses

The role and schedule

Day to day
Patient, family and visitor education and support including direct interaction with patients, families and visitors while providing education and support as needed
Day to day
Surgery residency core curriculum Participate in a residency core curriculum based on surgery core learning needs.
Weekends
One Saturday every six weeks with on-call requirements and one Saturday every six weeks.
On call
On-call required
Details
Stressful conditions and irregular hours Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Details
Extended periods of standing and walking Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
Details
Lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally
Details
Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
Details
Controlled-substance testing after any job offer All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Details
Annual influenza vaccination or approved exemption obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption

The workplace

Cleveland Clinic Health System
Health system employer

Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
  • What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, and rotation?
  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
  • How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Build questions for this role

On your path

Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.

Original listing

Posted on Cleveland Clinic Health System’s careers page.

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At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day. We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. Job Title New Grad RN Surgery Resident - Operating Room Location Cleveland Facility Fairview Hospital Department Operating Room-Fairview Hospital Job Code F99935 Shift Days + Call Schedule 7:00am-7:30pm/7:00am-3:30pm Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.

As a New Grad RN Surgery Resident in the OR, you will work alongside a coach and fellow caregivers to deliver exceptional care from admission through discharge, including direct interaction with patients, families and visitors while providing education and support as needed. In this role, you will deliver professional nursing care in the operative setting to patients undergoing surgical or other invasive procedures. 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 role works days from 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. or 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., with on-call requirements and one Saturday every six weeks.

A caregiver who excels in this role will

Participate in a residency core curriculum based on surgery core learning needs. Provide direct nursing care alongside a coach. Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care (acuity of need, patient preference and resource availability). Respond to data indicating risk to patients’ health and initiate action to correct, reduce or prevent risk. Seek supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform safely and independently. Document in patients’ medical records.

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 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 of current acute direct patient care RN experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
  • Perioperative 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. 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 drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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. If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/ Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster . Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

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In Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OHFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 6% below the US average

Median rent
$945/mo
Household income
$40,801/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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