RN (Telemetry) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 10417
About The Position
The Telemetry Registered Nurse is specially trained to detect cardiac dysrhythmias and use monitoring and therapeutic equipment to provide specialized medical and surgical nursing care to patients with significant heart disease, heart failure, or dysrhythmia. The nurse manages and monitors fixed-rate intravenous drips and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans for assigned patients, coordinating care with other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The role involves professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs of patients and their families or significant others. The nurse assesses, plans, intervenes, and advocates throughout the continuum of care; reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of care plans, and readiness for discharge; and revises plans or makes referrals as needed. The nurse also serves as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Requirements
- Active, current, and unencumbered Registered Nurse license in California.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- AHA Basic Life Support certification.
- AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
- Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
- Ability to work variable shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to maintain flexibility and composure in a constantly changing environment.
- One year of previous telemetry or critical-care nursing experience, or completion of a basic cardiac dysrhythmia training course.
- Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card for Los Angeles City employees only.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute-care setting.
- Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families.
- Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care and safely review and administer medications, cardiac monitoring, treatments, and procedures in accordance with scope of practice and nursing standards.
- Recognize changes in patients’ clinical conditions, take appropriate action, and document interventions.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team to intervene and advocate for patients, including addressing abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources and making appropriate referrals.
- Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporating patient preferences and discussing the plan of care with patients.
- Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
- Assess and document patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions and their responses to care.
- Review test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly, and incorporate relevant information into the plan of care.
- Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
- Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support staff; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities appropriately.
- Provide leadership and help ensure patient care is safe and high quality.
- Provide information, guidance, resources, and education about treatment plans, plans of care, and medications.
- Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
- Communicate compassionately and appropriately with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers, taking account of age and cultural, religious, gender-identity, or ethnic backgrounds.
- Reevaluate patient response and outcomes, care-plan effectiveness, and readiness for discharge; revise plans or make referrals as needed.
- Mentor new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN hires with at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience. Current Alta Hospital employees are ineligible; former employees may be ineligible. Bonus payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
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