Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry

Tenet Healthcare Corporation•El Paso, TX

About The Position

This role provides direct clinical patient care, including assessing, planning, and implementing direct care for assigned patients on a per-shift and unit-level basis. The nurse is responsible for supervising staff to whom care is delegated and is accountable for supporting the CNO in ensuring high-quality, safe, appropriate nursing care, clinical staff competency, and appropriate patient-care resource management. The RN provides total nursing care and coordinates and integrates patient care using the nursing process. Care is delivered according to established safety, risk management, quality improvement, and infection-control standards, with the goal of discharging patients after providing an optimum level of care. The RN coordinates and plans care within the prescribed medical regime and administers medications safely and in a timely manner in accordance with hospital policy. The position also includes hospital incident command system responsibilities and knowledge of emergency codes and the actions required for each. The position is part time and works nights. The employer is The Hospitals of Providence - East Campus.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice the profession as required by law, regulation in the state of practice, or policy.
AHA BLS certification.
AHA ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP certification if applicable under corporate policy for the unit of hire.
At least 1 year of RN experience is required for PRN status.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing.
Recent acute care experience.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective total nursing care to patients.
Coordinate and integrate patient care based on the nursing process.
Direct care according to established safety, risk management, quality improvement, and infection-control standards, with the goal of discharging patients after providing an optimum level of care.
Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
Administer medications safely and in a timely manner according to hospital policy.
Perform HICS responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed during emergencies or disasters.
Know the hospital's emergency codes, their purposes, and the appropriate action for each, and follow hospital policies and procedures for emergency codes.
Supervise staff to whom appropriate care is delegated.
Support the CNO in ensuring high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, clinical staff competency, and appropriate patient-care resource management.