What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Additional Care/Telemetry Overflow position at Cleveland Clinic?
Located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Indian River Hospital’s 3E Additional Care/Telemetry Overflow Unit cares for cardiac patients and monitors their heart rhythms. As an RN in this unit, you may assist with cleaning and shaving patients' skin to place electrodes, replace electrodes daily, change batteries in a telemetry device, and explain telemetry to patients. A nurturing, encouraging and supportive attitude can leave a lasting impression on all those you encounter daily.
A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00PM – 7:00AM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
- Provide direct nursing care.
- Implement, monitor, evaluate, update and revise patient care plans.
- Monitor, record, document and communicate patients’ conditions.
- Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
- Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.
- Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.
- Educate patients and their families.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing
- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
- One year of current acute care RN experience. Will consider licensed military RN experience
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/
Physical Requirements:
- Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination
- Standing and walking for extended periods of time
- Corrected vision and hearing to normal range
- 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 in excess of those for Light Work
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000
