RN - Digestive Disease Post-Op

RN - Digestive Disease Post-Op at Cleveland Clinic summary:

As an RN specializing in Digestive Disease Post-Op at the Cleveland Clinic, you provide comprehensive nursing care to patients recovering from colorectal surgeries. Your responsibilities include administering medications, monitoring patient conditions, implementing care plans, coordinating discharges, and educating patients and families. The role involves rotating shifts and requires a nursing license, BLS certification, and acute care experience, offering opportunities for professional growth within a leading healthcare institution.

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where 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.

The H50 Colorectal Surgery Unit is part of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute, where surgeons perform more than 5,000 surgical procedures annually. Caregivers report a strong sense of teamwork and appreciate the empathetic leadership from the Nurse Managers. As RN in this department, you will use your nursing skills to enhance care and facilitate a welcome, healing environment for patients. Here, you can grow alongside your fellow caregivers and build a meaningful career at Cleveland Clinic. 

A caregiver in this position works rotating days/nights from 7:00AM—7:30PM and 7:00PM—7:30AM. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care. 
• Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.
• Monitor, record, document and communicate patients’ conditions.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments. 
• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs. 
• Educate patients and their families.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing 
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) 
• One year of current acute care RN experience OR military RN experience 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 

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Physical Requirements:

• Full range of body motion for handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination
• Standing and walking for extended periods of time
• Corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• 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, 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 in excess of those for Light Work

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

Pay Range

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Keywords:

registered nurse, post-operative care, colorectal surgery, patient monitoring, medication administration, care plan implementation, discharge coordination, patient education, acute care nursing, healthcare