LPN - Emergency Department
About the role
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, dedicated to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care.
Responsibilities
- Involves patient/family in the development of care plan.
- Prioritizes and performs direct care to patients according to policy.
- Explains and documents procedures and interventions.
- Identifies and performs appropriately in emergent situations.
- Affixes to 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.
- Documents medications on medication administration record (MAR).
- Maintains awareness of patient's response to medications and reports appropriately.
- Reports medication errors and adverse reactions per hospital policy.
- Demonstrates knowledge concerning medications, including side effects.
- Maintains monitoring of blood and blood products.
- Develops plan based on educational assessment.
- Provides patients with discharge instructions/education and facilitates a safe discharge.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Practical or Vocational Nursing Program.
- Current Florida licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certifications through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within one year of hire.
- IV Therapy Certificate within three months of hire.
- Knowledge of infection control practices.
- Knowledge of quality improvement practices.
Qualifications
- One year experience in an acute care setting OR three years of long-term care experience.
- Previous Emergency Department experience preferred.
Skills
- Knowledge of infection control practices.
- Knowledge of quality improvement practices.
Benefits
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.
Pay
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.
Schedule
Nights from 6:45PM – 7:15AM.