What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Labor & Delivery position at Cleveland Clinic?
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.
Cleveland Clinic Florida’s expert caregivers are committed to helping patients have the best possible pregnancy and labor and delivery experience. Our caring and skilled OB/GYN physicians work alongside nurses and midwives to care for thousands of mothers and babies each year. This team approach has created very low cesarean section rates. We believe in providing a calming environment when it’s time to give birth and keeping babies close to their mothers after birth.
By joining the Labor and Delivery team at Indian River Hospital as an RN, you will deliver exceptional care, throughout the patient care journey. In this role, you will interact directly with patients, babies, and their families, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and provide healthcare education as needed. This is a dedicated, compassionate team to be a part of, full of numerous opportunities to learn and grow within a well-respected healthcare organization.
A caregiver in this position works days from 6:45AM – 7:15PM, with weekend and holiday requirements.
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 (Diploma, ADN or BSN program)
Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
One year of current acute care RN experience OR licensed military RN experience
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Labor and Delivery 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
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