Registered Nurse (Telemetry)

Cottage Health•Santa Barbara, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is Sign-On Bonus eligible. Cardiac Telemetry is a 32-bed inpatient unit, all private rooms, which provides care to patients requiring continuous cardiac telemetry monitoring and/or nursing care intermediate to ICU and the general medical-surgical level of care. Our mission statement: We will work together, as a team, to provide our patients with quality care and comfort. We will challenge ourselves through continued education and opportunities for growth. The most frequent patient populations are cardiac, pulmonary, and medical. The predominant diagnostic groups served are Post Cardiac Catherization, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, TAVR, Mitral Clip, Watchman, Ablation and Pacemaker implants. Staffing ratios are 1 nurse to 4 patients. We strive to provide the best care to our patients with a commitment to education, training, teamwork, and communication.

Requirements

California RN License
ACLS and BLS certifications from the American Heart Association.
One-year recent experience in an acute care setting.
Previous experience with medical technology/equipment as needed based on assigned patient care unit.
Respects various points of view.
Values and accepts others input.
Communicates clearly and requests clarification when needed.
Applies experience and judgment to organization situations, set priorities and use abstract thought to understand the relevance of clinical situations.
Accurately recognizes potential emergency/rapidly changing situations (immediate problems of routine patients) and takes life sustaining or other appropriate steps to manage situations.
Comprehensive knowledge of nursing principles, theories, and practices, including infection control with demonstrated clinical expertise in area of practice.
Knowledge of administration of prescribed medications and treatments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree

Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process in collecting data and performing nursing care interventions on an on-going basis. (10%)
Documents all required information in a timely, thorough, and accurate manner, such as patient care changes and updating plan of care. (10%)
Delivers quality care in an organized manner within the scope of practice. (20%)
Coordinates, orders, and meets multiple patient needs and requests within acceptable time frame by managing workflow utilizing team resources. (30%)
Monitors and ensures the quality of healthcare practices, such as the safe implementation of standards of care and accessing process improvement when needed in a manner compliant with The Joint Commission, HIPAA and Title 9 Regulations (DHCS). (30%)