Intermediate Care-Medical Telemetry RN

Jersey Community Hospital•Jerseyville, IL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct and indirect patient care to adult and geriatric patients requiring intermediate-level care and continuous cardiac monitoring. The RN assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, and evaluates patient care while promoting patient safety, quality outcomes, and a positive patient experience. The IMCU/Medical Telemetry RN cares for patients with complex medical conditions who need a higher level of monitoring than a traditional medical-surgical unit but do not require intensive care services. The role includes a mix of traditional medical-surgical and intermediate-care patients. The RN provides professional nursing care in accordance with established statutes, standards, and practices; assesses patients’ age-specific needs; and uses available resources to evaluate biophysical, psychosocial, cultural, environmental, discharge-planning, self-care, and education needs. The RN reassesses patients each shift, upon transfer or discharge, and as needed; follows universal precautions and infection-control and isolation procedures; and documents patient status, nursing interventions, and responses. The RN participates in discharge planning and ensures assigned patients have a written teaching and discharge plan. The role also requires sound nursing judgment in routine and emergency situations, effective collaboration with healthcare providers, and the ability to titrate select cardiac drips.

Requirements

Current Illinois RN license registration.
Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
Current CPR.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within a designated timeframe.
Knowledge of the Nursing Process and strong nursing practice skills, including physical assessment skills.
Demonstrated clinical assessment skills, critical thinking and clinical judgment, time management and prioritization, effective communication, conflict resolution, customer service, and appropriate emergency response.
Commitment to patient safety and quality outcomes.

Nice To Haves

NIH Stroke Scale Certification preferred.
Medical-Surgical nursing experience preferred.
Telemetry or Intermediate Care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide professional nursing care to patients on assigned nursing units in accordance with established statutes, standards, and practices.
Assess patients’ age-specific needs and provide appropriate treatment and care.
Assess patient needs, including biophysical, psychosocial, cultural, environmental, discharge-planning, self-care, and education needs.
Reassess patients each shift, upon transfer or discharge, and more frequently as needed.
Practice universal precautions and follow infection-control and isolation procedures.
Maintain accurate and concise documentation of patient status, nursing interventions, and patient responses.
Participate in discharge planning and ensure a written teaching and discharge plan is developed for assigned patients, covering disease processes, complications, medications, diet, physical activity, and self-care needs.
Work effectively with other healthcare providers to meet patient needs.
Make effective nursing judgments in routine and emergency situations.
Titrate select cardiac drips.
Perform other duties as assigned.