RN Surgery Resident – Pediatric OR

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN Surgery Resident in the Pediatric Operating Room delivers professional nursing care to patients 6 months old and older who are undergoing surgical and other invasive procedures. Most cases have high turnaround times and are ENT- and GI-related. The nurse works with a skilled team to provide safe, high-quality surgical care for a wide range of pediatric conditions in a fast-paced operative setting, circulating, scrubbing, and floating. Caregivers provide compassionate, family-centered care throughout the surgical experience. Nurses without previous OR experience complete a full OR orientation.

The position includes a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program with a surgery-focused core curriculum, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training. During orientation, the caregiver works 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. for six months; the specific shift is assigned at the end of orientation. The role works days plus a call rotation.

Requirements

• 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) or American Red Cross.
• Be a new graduate or have less than one year of RN work experience; alternatively, an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient setting to acute direct-care clinical inpatient work must have less than one year of current acute direct-patient-care RN experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Participate in a residency core curriculum based on surgery core learning needs.
• Provide direct nursing care alongside a success coach.
• Establish and/or revise patient-care priorities based on 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.
• Circulate, scrub, and float in the pediatric operating room.

Benefits

• One-year accredited Nurse Residency program with nine tailored tracks, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training.
• RN Loan Repayment program.
• Tuition Reimbursement program.
• Relocation assistance may be available to eligible relocating caregivers.
• Caregiver safety resources and support through the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed