Ambulatory RN - Orthopedics

Provides professional nursing care to a specified group of patients in a variety of ambulatory care settings.Job Responsibilities:* Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment.* Performs telephone triage.* Notifies physician/LIP of abnormal findings.* Establishes a care plan in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.* Collaborates with care coordinators to ensure smooth and effective transitions of care.* Assists with specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.* Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the clinical department and medical specialty assigned.* Administers medications and treatments as ordered by physician/LIP and monitors patients for response.* Initiates CPR and other emergency measures. Covers other nursing roles within the department* Provides health education to patients and families. Develops, evaluates, adapts, and documents education to learning needs. Assists in preparation of the department specific education for patients and colleagues.* Facilitates smooth operation of the ambulatory areas.* Participates in quality initiatives, process improvements, and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience, and patient safety.* Maintains professional growth and development in the nursing field and identified annual core competencies.* Some RN Ambulatory work mEducation:* Graduate of accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.Certifications:* Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).* Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) required.* In areas performing moderate sedation procedures and/or cardiac stress testing, must have current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification within 6 months of hire.* Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic petencies (Complexity of Work):* Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.* Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.* Professional behavior/appearance required, ability to focus on patient safety, teamwork, patient outcomes, patient experience and quality improvement.* The ability to travel within Cleveland Clinic regional locations.* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.Work Experience:* Minimum one year recent experience as a Registered Nurse.* 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.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.Not ready to apply, but have questions about RN roles with Cleveland Clinic? Click Here to schedule a time to speak with a Recruiter on the Nursing team: /35slbj42/?e_id=5585

Created: 2026-03-07