RN Ambulatory - Vascular Medicine

                    

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Job Title

RN Ambulatory - Vascular Medicine

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

Heart Failure-Heart Vascular & Thoracic Institute

                      

Job Code

F24007

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

7:00am-5:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.  

In our dynamic Vascular Medicine team, you’ll play a key role in providing expert, compassionate care to patients with vascular conditions in an outpatient setting. As part of this collaborative and patient-focused environment, our nurses support both clinical visits and specialized vascular procedures, helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Provide hands-on nursing care for patients during outpatient visits and vascular procedures 
• Assist with and support procedures such as: 
• Sclerotherapy 
• Laser vein ablations 
• Phlebectomies 
• Deliver skilled care and education in our Wound Care Clinic 
• Prepare patients for procedures performed with oral anxiety medication only (no sedation) 
• Collaborate with an expert interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, seamless, and compassionate care 

Why You’ll Love This Role: 

• Work in a daytime, outpatient environment — no weekend or holiday shifts 
• Gain specialized vascular and wound care experience 
• Be part of a supportive, highly skilled team dedicated to patient-centered care 

A caregiver in this position works Monday through Friday, (2x10-hour shifts), 7:00 a.m. -- 5:30 p.m. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide professional nursing care in an ambulatory setting.  
• Assess health status, complete nursing assessments, perform telephone triage and establish care plans.  
• Administer medication and treatments.  
• Initiate CPR and other emergency measures.  
• Notify the physician and/or Licensed Independent Provider (LIP) of abnormal findings. 
• Assist with specialized diagnostic procedures, therapeutic procedures and specialized patient care equipment. 
• Develop, evaluate, adapt and document health education and provide it to patients and families.  
• Cover other nursing roles within the department.  
• May require travel within the region to support physician clinics and surgical procedures in various locations.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (ADN or BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)  
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification within six months of hire
• One year of recent experience as an RN
• OR LPN, Medical Assistant and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience if applicant is a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in an ambulatory setting transferring into an RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting OR a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area transferring into an ambulatory area  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)  
• Cardiology Experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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