Registered Nurse - Innovation Unit - Cardiovascular Telemetry

Lehigh Valley Health Network • Pocono Township, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is one of the nation's most advanced health networks, nationally recognized and forward-thinking, offering significant opportunities. LVHN has been ranked among the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years and is a Magnet(tm) Hospital, honored five times for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Lehigh Valley Hospital- Hazleton, and Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono each received an 'A' grade on the Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2020, highlighting LVHN's commitment to teamwork, compassion, technology, and delivering the best health care. LVHN is the region’s largest employer and health care provider of choice, with nearly 20,000 health care professionals driven by a mission to heal, comfort, and care. LVHN is certified as a Great Place to Work®, fostering a culture of trust and aligning with core values of Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. The Registered Nurse role involves monitoring patient health, maintaining records, and timely medication administration. It requires coordinating total nursing care, participating in patient and family teaching, and providing leadership by collaborating with ancillary nursing and interdisciplinary teams to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited Nursing program.
• Less than 1 year Nursing experience or nursing coursework.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet close deadlines.
• Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Skill in monitoring/assessing the performance of self, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support - State of Pennsylvania.
• RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_PA - State of Pennsylvania.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree Nursing

Responsibilities

• Monitors the overall health of the patient, maintains their records, and provides medicines in a timely manner.
• Coordinates total nursing care for patients.
• Participates in patient and family teaching.
• Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other members of the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes.
• Successfully completes orientation.
• Works with case manager to develop and implement discharge plan.
• Maintains confidentiality of all patient-hospital or physician-related information.
• Identifies problems that require immediate intervention, initiates appropriate action, and records observations accurately and concisely in the medical record.
• Communicates pertinent patient information at shift report and when leaving unit.
• Participates in staff meetings, patient conferences, and in-services and acts as a resource to nursing units as appropriate.
• Administers medications and immunizations and performs treatments to patients according to established policies and standards.
• Ensures that medical equipment is a clean, safe and functioning properly.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree