RN - Medical/Surgical

Join Cleveland Clinic's Avon Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in northeast Ohio, Avon Hospital has brought the future of medicine close to home for the residents in and around Lorain and Cuyahoga County. This regional hospital offers endless opportunities to build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world while making meaningful differences in the lives of others.Avon Hospital's 5th Floor Medical-Surgical Unit is a 42-bed unit that provides perioperative and postoperative care to medical-surgical and orthopaedic patients with the goal of ensuring discharge readiness and patient safety. Patients in this unit need continuous cardiac monitoring and total joint replacement care. With telemetry monitoring capabilities, this unit also provides continuous cardiac monitoring for adult non-ICU medical-surgical patients.**A caregiver in this position works Nights, from 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. Will consider military RN experience.Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:+ Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/**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.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.Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities