Experienced RN - Operating Room

Cleveland Clinic; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 39,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RN Loan Repayment

Tuition Reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Akron General is seeking an Experience Registered Nurse for the Operating Room team. You will scrub and circulate across service lines during a 6‑month orientation and may rotate to specialty call teams to build proficiency.

The role emphasizes direct patient care and education throughout the patient journey, with on‑call requirements and varied start times. The ideal candidate will have RN licensure, BLS, and ongoing competency maintenance, with opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Successfully complete mandatory clinical competencies annually

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a given patient population
• Assessments: complete ongoing assessments, recognize changes in patients’ condition and respond appropriately
• Planning: develop and update goals, involve patients and families in the care plan, coordinate interdisciplinary care
• Implementation: administer treatments and medication and document
• Evaluation: participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of outcomes and contribute to quality improvement

Education

Nursing Diploma/ADN/BSN

BSN preferred

Job description

ONA Bidding Period: 10/21/26 - 10/26/26

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 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’s Operating Room (O.R.) department has a team of dedicated caregivers that work collaboratively to provide the best possible care for their surgical patients. These caregivers are eager and excited to add an Experience Registered Nurse (RN) to their team. As an RN, you will deliver exceptional care throughout the patient care journey. In this role, you will interact directly with patients and their families, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and provide healthcare education as needed. 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.

How You’ll Benefit

• Take advantage of industry leading benefits, including our RN Loan Repayment program, which helps pay off student debt, and our Tuition Reimbursement program to reinvest in your career. And if you’re relocating to join us, you could be eligible for relocation assistance.
• Our Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being sets caregiver safety as a priority, identifying, reporting and responding to incidents and providing safety resources.

A caregiver in this position works evenings from 11:00AM – 11:30PM, with on‑call requirements. This position may require an earlier or later start time, based on the needs of the department. During this six‑month orientation period, this caregiver will work Monday‑Friday from 7:00AM – 3:00PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for a given patient population.
• Assessments: complete ongoing assessments, recognize changes in patients’ 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 (Diploma, ADN or BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Successfully complete mandatory clinical competencies annually

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• One year of current OR RN experience
• Two years of Operating Room experience
• Scrub experience

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

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.