RN - Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Surgical Intensive Care Unit / Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit – Registered Nurse (SICU/CVICU)

Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, providing patient-centered healthcare. Weston Hospital is part of the Cleveland Clinic Florida region. This opportunity focuses on high-acuity post-operative care for patients recovering from heart transplants, cardiothoracic surgeries, open heart surgeries and related procedures.

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)
• One year of current acute care RN experience OR licensed military RN experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) upon or within one year of hire

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Cardiac Stepdown experience

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities.

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.

Compensation and benefits: Salaries may be shown on independent job search websites and reflect various market averages. Specific salary/hourly details can be discussed during the application and hiring process.

Additional job details :

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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