RN Ambulatory - Spine Medicine

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 medications 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.  
• Travel within the region to support physician clinics and surgical procedures, as needed. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing (Diploma, ADN, 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 
• One year of recent experience as an RN 
• If current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting transferring into a RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience (e.g. Dialysis Tech., Ambulatory CT., in lieu of RN experience,  or if current Cleveland Clinic Caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area as ambulatory area transferring into will consider current LPN, Medical Assistant, and /or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience(Dialysis Tech. , Ambulatory CT., Inpatient PCNA, inpatient C.T., Inpatient LPN, in lieu of RN experience.   Current demonstrated clinical competence.

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)  

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.