Job Description
Scrub Registered Nurse (RN)- Labor & Delivery
Join Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Hillcrest Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the country. Here, you will work with and learn from some of our best caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
The Labor & Delivery Unit at Hillcrest Hospital is located in the Family Maternity Center and includes labor and delivery, triage, operating rooms and recovery rooms. This Level III birthing unit delivers more than 4,800 births on average per year. Additionally, this unit houses a high-risk antepartum area, which features nine designated beds and cord blood center (CBC) and offers hypnobirthing and a birthing tub. All nursing caregivers receive comprehensive electronic fetal monitoring, breastfeeding, and Kangaroo care education and work collaboratively in an open-communication environment with a dedicated team of maternal-fetal physicians and certified nurse midwives.
A caregiver in this position works varying shifts from 7:00AM – 7:30PM.
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).
External applicants must have two years recent related nursing experience.
Internal applicants with less than two years’ experience but post orientation /90 day probationary period could be considered with Chief Nursing Officer level review and approval.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN).
Experience in Labor & Delivery.
Able to scrub in the Operating Room and function independently.
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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.
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