RN (Telemetry) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Days (Culver City) - 10417

Southern California Hospitals•Culver City, CA

2d•$55 - $83•Onsite

About The Position

The Telemetry Registered Nurse provides specialized medical and/or surgical nursing care to patients with significant heart disease, heart failure, or dysrhythmia. The role requires specialized skill in detecting cardiac dysrhythmias, monitoring patients, and using therapeutic equipment, including management and monitoring of fixed-rate intravenous drips. The nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans for assigned patients and coordinate care among disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The nurse performs professional duties that incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs of patients and their families or significant others. Responsibilities span assessment, planning, intervention, advocacy, and ongoing evaluation throughout the continuum of care. The nurse reevaluates patient responses and outcomes, the effectiveness of care plans, and readiness for discharge, revising plans or making referrals as needed. The role also includes serving as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. This is a full-time, day-shift position in Culver City. The posting lists a base pay range of $47.38–$70.80 and a 12-hour pay range of $55.28–$82.60. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is advertised for eligible full-time RNs with at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience; current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former employees may not be eligible. Bonus payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.

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 Registered Nurse experience in an acute-care setting.
Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families.
Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) certification.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care, review and administer medications, and perform cardiac monitoring, treatments, and procedures safely and appropriately for the patient's age and within nursing scope and standards.
Recognize changes in patients' clinical conditions, take appropriate action, document interventions, and collaborate with the healthcare team to intervene and advocate as needed.
Intervene appropriately in instances of abuse, assault, or neglect, or when adequate financial or social resources are unavailable; make appropriate referrals.
Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans, standards of practice, and the plan of care, incorporating patient preferences and discussing the plan 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 according to patient condition, and incorporate them into the plan of care.
Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
Coordinate care with staff, physicians, and other healthcare team members; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities to appropriate team members.
Provide leadership and ensure patient care is safe and of high quality.
Provide information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, plans of care, and medications.
Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
Communicate empathetically and compassionately with patients and their support systems, respecting age and cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
Evaluate patient responses and outcomes, care-plan effectiveness, and discharge readiness; revise plans or make referrals as needed.
Serve as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Manage and monitor fixed-rate intravenous drips.