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Job Title
LPN - Emergency Department
Location
Vero Beach
Facility
CC Indian River
Department
Ancillary Emergency Dept-Indian River Hospital
Job Code
000638
Shift
Variable
Schedule
7:00pm-7:00am
Job Summary
Job Details
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.
Indian River Hospital’s Emergency Department has multi-disciplinary care teams and the state-of-the-art technology needed to diagnose and treat patients efficiently and effectively, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 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.
The ideal future caregiver is someone who:
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 monitors 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 practical or vocational nursing program.
Languages:
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 required within 3 months of hire.
- If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
- If in an ED, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
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 Ascom 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, etc.).
- Work Habits: Readily accepts work assignments in a positive manner.
- Performs work that is accurate, neat and consistent.
- Documentation is legible.
- Safety: Keeps work area neat and maintains equipment in accordance with health and safety codes.
- Uses Standard precautions in all patient contacts.
- Provides a safe environment for patients/family and visitors, and reports safety issues and equipment failures appropriately.
- Confidentiality: Sensitive information including, but not limited to, patient records, charts, hospital documents and employee information is kept confidential without exception, according to HIPAA guidelines.
- Ensures that the rights of all patients are respected and maintained by allowing for privacy, cultural diversity and dignity in the provision of care.
- Demonstrates organizational skills in the form of prioritization and time management.
- Essential Job Requirements: Policies/Procedures: Is aware of and follows all hospital, corporate, regional, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Appearance: Projects a professional image, follows the hospital dress code policy and/or department requirements.
- Wears hospital ID badge at all times on duty.
- Attendance: Employee reports to work each regularly scheduled work day. Does not take advantage of sick time.
- Punctuality: Clocks in by the scheduled start time of the shift and is ready for work
- Continues working until scheduled departure time.
- Leaves as scheduled unless overtime is approved by supervisor.
- Managerial Responsibilities: Makes suggestions to reduce waste.
- Ensures that personnel and supplies of the organization are used in a cost effective manner. Identifies cost saving strategies for department/hospital. Submits accurate and timely hospital charges for department/hospital.
- Will take the time to speak with an employee (privately) if they observe or overhear that an employee is not being an ambassador of the hospital.
- Understands how individual job performance affects department and hospital growth.
- Identifies and communicates opportunities to improve service or care.
- Participates in hospital/departmental committees to improve service and streamline organizational processes.
- Note: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification.
- This description of duties is not intended to be all inclusive nor to limit the discretionary authority of supervisors to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.
Work Experience:
- One year experience in an acute care setting or 3 years long-term care experience preferred
- Knowledge of infection control practices.
- Knowledge of quality improvement practices.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires frequent walking from department to department; requires sitting at a workstation or desk; requires standing; work may include occasional pushing and/or pulling, lifting, and carrying objects weighing up to 50 lbs., such as files, documents and computer printouts.
- Work requires finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.
- Mental Demands: Ability to work at a fast pace and prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to numerous requests; ability to resolve conflicts among staff and to work collaboratively with department directors, physicians and other members of the healthcare team; ability to ensure operational efficiency; ability to problem-solve and make decisions; ability to exercise self-control and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.
- Special Demands: Needs minimal sustained direction in assessing needs, directing staff and carrying out departmental and professional responsibilities.
- Self-starting and self-motivating; working hours may exceed eight (8) hours per day and is based on what is needed to accomplish work at hand.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required..
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.
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