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Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida's Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for providing direct and indirect patient care to assigned patients as a member of the Patient Care Team. LPNs function with minimal supervision in the care of patients whose conditions are of varying degree of acuity. Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be responsible for gathering information necessary to complete the nursing process, such as patient advocacy, maintenance of aseptic technique, medication administration, documentation of treatments and care, management of equipment, patient safety and monitoring of vital signs. You will also coordinate care with other disciplines related to patient education and care goals for discharge and optimal health status.
**A caregiver in this position works Day/Evening Rotation 10:00am-10:00pm and 12:00pm- 12:00am**
The ideal future caregiver is someone who:
Excels working in a fast-paced environment.
Provides care with compassion and empathy.
Demonstrates a strong work ethic.
Thrives in a team environment.
Cleveland Clinic will support you as you enhance your nursing skills by offering tuition reimbursement and opportunities for growth.
At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That's why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you'll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you'll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.
**Responsibilities:**
Involves patient/family in the development of care plan.
Updates care plan daily.
Proficiently prioritizes and performs direct care to patients according to policy.
Explains and documents procedures and interventions.
Identifies and performs appropriately in emergent situations.
Assists multidisciplinary team with all processes related to patient care.
Delegates responsibilities to staff based on patient needs and staff competencies.
Utilizes and documents patient safety restraints per hospital policy.
Performs all IV skills including starts according to unit policy.
Accurately documents medications on medication administration record (MAR).
Monitors patient's response to medications and reports appropriately.
Reports medication errors and adverse reactions per hospital policy.
Demonstrates knowledge concerning medications, including side effects.
Educates patients.
Safely administers blood and blood products per hospital policy.
Verifies patient ID per hospital policy. Performs all PYXIS monitoring and counts per hospital policy.
Determines patient/family educational readiness.
Develops plan based on educational assessment.
Documents educational plan, intervention and outcome.
Provides patient with discharge instructions/education and facilitates a safe discharge.
Other duties as assigned.
**Education:**
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
**Languages:**
N/A
**Certifications:**
Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA); Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) preferred if working a monitored unit;
Florida Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license.
IV Therapy certificate
**Complexity of Work:**
All employees are expected to meet the standards of performance outlined in the Organizational-Wide Competencies listed below as applied to the position:
World Class Service Orientation: Demonstrates courteous, polite, friendly and cooperative behaviors toward others.
Supports and participates in activities that promote customer satisfaction.
Utilizes approved hospital scripts.
Courteously answers the telephone utilizing approved script (department, name and "How can I help you").
Assists in answering call lights when on the nursing units (includes ancillary and non-patient care personnel).
Answers call lights within 4 rings.
Acknowledges patients/guests/others immediately upon entering the department/work area.
Communicates and follows the organizational chain of command for notification of patient care/service issues, when appropriate. (Calls are answered within 4 rings.)
Attitude: Chooses to have a positive attitude every day.
Customer waiting: Updates waiting patient/family per protocol. (Scheduled visit every 10 minutes, unscheduled every 30 minutes.
Adaptability: Exhibits good communication and listening skills.
Speaks clearly, actively listens.
Able to work with diverse populations (patient, staff, physicians) under difficult and stressful situations.
Supports the team approach.
Committed to Customer Service standards.
Encourages patients and family members to ask questions.
Avoids jargon.
Teamwork: Understands and supports the needs of individuals in other departments, works as a team to achieve mutual goals.
Offers assistance and promptly responds to requests (patient, physician, manager and others).
Performs any other duties or responsibilities that may be assigned.
Carries Spectralink phone at all times.
Updates patient boards with numbers. (Appropriate personnel) Attends 90% of all staff meetings.
Participates in coordination/delivery of approved Facility events.
Efficiency and Effectiveness: Offers suggestions for departmental and/or hospital-wide performance/process improvement. Intervenes to correct problems (patient and system) as they occur.
Notifies manager/director of actions and outcome.
Participates in the performance/process improvement process.
Completes required logs and quality controls as per hospital/department requirements (crash cart, 24 hour chart check, narcotic count, point of care testing, et
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