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

Southern California Hospitals • Culver City, CA

2d • $55 - $83

About The Position

The Telemetry Registered Nurse provides specialized medical and surgical nursing care to patients with significant heart disease, heart failure, or dysrhythmia. The role requires training in the detection of cardiac dysrhythmias and use of monitoring and 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 nursing duties that account for patients’ and families’ psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, intervening, advocating, reevaluating patient responses and outcomes, reviewing the effectiveness of care plans, assessing readiness for discharge, and revising plans or making 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 licensure 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, review and administer medications, and perform cardiac monitoring, treatments, and procedures safely and in accordance with age-appropriate care, 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 making appropriate referrals and intervening in cases of abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources.
• 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 responses to care.
• Review patient test results, identify critical results, and communicate them promptly in accordance with patient condition; incorporate findings into care plans.
• Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital standards of care, core measures, infection control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
• Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support staff; supervise, monitor, and delegate care activities to appropriate team members.
• Provide leadership to help ensure safe, high-quality care and respond to questions with information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, care plans, and medications.
• Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
• Communicate with empathy and compassion, accounting for patients’ age and cultural, religious, gender identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Act as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.

Benefits

• $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible full-time RN positions. Eligibility requires at least one year of acute care RN hospital experience; current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former employees may not be eligible. Payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
• Loan forgiveness is referenced in the job title.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree