RN Preceptor - Med/Surg - PT Nights

Cleveland Clinic; Vero Beach (FL); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Florida is seeking an RN Preceptor to bridge classroom learning with clinical practice on the 4 East Medical/Surgical Unit. You will guide orientees, model nursing actions, and provide timely feedback while collaborating with the educator and unit leadership.

Responsibilities include helping plan care, orienting new staff to the unit, rotating staff to evenings/nights, and participating in hospital committees to maintain high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through AHA or Red Cross.

Responsabilités

• Prepare newly employed nurses by role modeling, demonstrating nursing actions, and giving timely and appropriate feedback to the nurse.
• Assess orientee learning needs and help determine goals.
• Serve as a role model for orientees and unit personnel.
• Reinforce content from classroom orientation.
• Assist in assigning patients and planning care with the charge nurse/team leader.
• Act as a resource person to orientees and staff.
• Assist educator/manager with planning and presenting educational programs for orientees and other staff.
• Participate in hospital committees.
• Introduce new staff to unit layout and personnel.
• Monitor orientation progress with educators and directors.
• Assist orientees in developing clinical skills to meet standards of care.

Connaissances

RN licensure

BLS certification

Acute care experience

Formation

Graduate from an accredited nursing program

BSN preferred

Description du poste

CCIR Bidding Period: 9/29/26 - 10/3/26

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 4 East Unit is a Medical/Surgical Unit that provides exceptional care to diverse populations of patients with a wide variety of medical and surgical diagnoses. By joining this team as an RN Preceptor, you will help to bridge the gap between the classroom and the clinical area while still fulfilling the duties of the Registered Nurse. Utilizing your nursing skills and knowledge, you can leave a lasting impact on everyone you meet. There is plenty of teamwork and collaboration in this unit as well as various opportunities for growth.

Caregiver works nights from 6:45AM – 7:15PM. Working 4 weekend shifts in a 6-week period is required.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Prepare newly employed nurses by role modeling, demonstrating nursing actions, and giving timely and appropriate feedback to the nurse.
• Assess the learning needs of the orientee and helps to determine goals.
• Function as a role model for orientees and unit personnel.
• Reinforce content provided in classroom orientation.
• Assist charge nurse/team leader in assigning patients and in planning care for those patients.
• Serve as a resource person to orientees and other staff.
• Assist educator/manager with planning and presenting educational programs for orientees and other staff.
• Participate in at least two hospital committees.
• Introduce new staff to the physical layout of the unit, to personnel on the unit and to personnel related to the unit.
• Meet with charge nurse/educator as needed to discuss orientation program and orientee progress.
• Participate in unit-practice councils.
• Assist orientees in organizing a daily routine and setting priorities, write objectives and plans for unit orientation.
• Use evaluation tools to measure the progress of orienting staff to meet unit standards.
• Keep anecdotal records on orientee/staff clinical performance to validate progress in orientation and job performance.
• Assist orientees in developing clinical skills necessary to meet standards of care.
• Orient new employees to evenings and/or nights by rotating, as necessary.
• Orient staff to new products, systems and policies.
• Ensure that staff maintains required competencies and notify charge nurse or division director if this does not occur.

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 of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• ** Must obtain BSN within three (3) years of hire**

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

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.