RN Hospital - Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Adult

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Job Title

RN Hospital - Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Adult

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

PACU-Adult-Surgical Operations

Shift

Evenings

Schedule

11:00am-11:30pm

Job Summary

Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless encouragement and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) cares for post-surgical patients recovering from anesthesia. Focusing on collaboration, this team prides themselves on providing top-quality and patient-centered attention and support. As a RN in this department, you will use your nursing skills to enhance treatments and facilitate a welcoming, healing environment for patients. A new caregiver will attend a PeriAnesthesia Essentials Class as part of their orientation into a PACU position.

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.
• 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.

Caregivers in this role will work fulltime 11:00am to 11:30pm.

A caregiver in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols.
• Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
• Assess and coordinate patients' discharge needs.
• Provide healthcare education to patients and their families.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) required within one year of hire
• At least one year of acute care RN experience OR military RN experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)

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.

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 followed 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.

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities.