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 detecting cardiac dysrhythmias, monitoring patients, and using therapeutic equipment, as well as managing and monitoring fixed-rate intravenous drips. The nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized plans of care and coordinate care among disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The nurse performs professional nursing duties that incorporate patients’ and families’ psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs. Responsibilities include ongoing assessment, planning, intervention, advocacy, evaluation of patient responses and outcomes, 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. This is a full-time, day-shift position. The posting lists a base pay range of $47.38 to $70.80 and a 12-hour pay range of $55.28 to $82.60. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is available to eligible candidates; eligibility requires at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience, and the bonus is paid in installments over 24 months to active employees in good standing. Current Alta Hospital employees are ineligible, and former Alta Hospital employees may be ineligible.

Requirements

Active, current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in California.
Graduation from 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 safe, effective, age-appropriate patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, cardiac monitoring, treatments, and procedures within the 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; make appropriate referrals to address patient issues.
Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporate patient preferences, and discuss 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 in a timely manner, and incorporate relevant information into the plan of care.
Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital-wide nursing 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 to appropriate healthcare team members, providing leadership to support safe, high-quality care.
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 with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers with empathy and respect for age, cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
Mentor new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Manage and monitor fixed-rate intravenous drips.