RN Surgery Resident - Vascular OR

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN Surgery Resident will join Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute and provide nursing care in the Vascular OR. The Department of Vascular Surgery performs more than 8,000 procedures annually and treats a broad range of vascular diseases using open and endovascular methods. The nurse works directly with patients, families, and visitors, and collaborates with the surgical team to support care from introduction through discharge.

Nurses entering an OR specialty unit participate in a comprehensive orientation program. This role includes a one-year accredited Nurse Residency program with a surgery-focused core curriculum, online modules, simulation lab, and hands-on training. The resident provides direct nursing care alongside a success coach and has access to professional development resources, including education and courses.

The regular schedule is days, 6:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m., with on-call requirements. The six-month orientation is Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. The caregiver must be able to arrive on site within the one-hour call window.

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, be an experienced RN moving from a non-inpatient setting to an acute direct-care inpatient setting with less than one year of current acute direct patient-care RN experience.
• Be able to arrive on site within the one-hour call window.

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.
• Collaborate with the surgical team to deliver patient care from initial introduction through discharge.

Benefits

• Professional growth through a 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 employees.
• Caregiver safety resources 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: Associate degree