Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General where we have been providing world-class care to the community for over 100 years. At Akron General, you will work and learn from some of the best caregivers, provide and receive multitudes of support and appreciation, and create the steppingstones toward a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations. We strive for patient-centered care and comfort, and we are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.

Akron General, a Level 1 Trauma Center, offers a wide range of surgical services with 19 operating rooms. Whether patients require a minimally invasive procedure or a major surgery, our surgical teams provide patients with excellent care. RNs scrub and circulate through each service line during a 6-month orientation period and can complete extra rotations on specialty call teams to gain proficiency and join the team.

A caregiver in this position works 7:00am – 5:30pm with on-call requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care.

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for a given patient population.

• Assessments: complete ongoing assessments, recognize changes in patient condition and respond appropriately.

• Planning: develop and update goals, involve patients and families in developing plans of care, coordinating the interdisciplinary plan of care and serve as a patient advocate.

• Implementation: provide nursing care, administer treatments and medication, and document.

• Evaluation: participate in ongoing interdisciplinary evaluation of patient/family outcomes, contribute to the improvement of care and participate in the quality improvement process.

• Leadership/professional development: delegate tasks/assignments, serve as a resource person/role model/mentor, pursue ongoing education and specialty certifications, maintain applicable certification/licensure and obtain any required certifications specific to the unit.

• Department specific duties: plan for patient care utilizing both patient specific information and preference sheets, assist in collecting and preparing equipment, instruments, sutures and implants, anticipate the needs of the surgical team, act as a patient advocate, identify patients and confirm that surgical site identification has been performed without discrepancy, timely respond to on-call pages, maintain the room schedule, and ensure surgical specimens are handled correctly by accurate identification.

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).

• Successfully complete mandatory clinical competencies annually.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).

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