Registered Nurse – 4200 Telemetry Unit

TriHealth•Cincinnati, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on the 4200 Telemetry Unit at TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital, a 38-bed, stroke-certified unit providing care for patients with acute structural heart conditions and a range of cardiovascular needs. Care includes pre- and post-cardiac catheterization, NSTEMI, heart failure, arrhythmias, and structural heart procedures such as TAVR, WATCHMAN, and MitraClip. The team also cares for patients undergoing electrophysiology procedures, including pacemaker placement, ablations, and defibrillator procedures. The unit uses continuous cardiac monitoring and works closely with the ICUs. The position applies the nursing process to provide direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other healthcare team members and may delegate aspects of care to staff under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice. The role is an on-site inpatient position scheduled for 36 hours per week on day shift. TriHealth describes a supportive, team-centered culture focused on communication, compassion, and respect, with opportunities to build clinical skills in a high-acuity telemetry setting, expand emergency-response and advanced-care competencies, and pursue professional growth and continuous learning. TriHealth also offers benefits, wellness programs, and career support.

Requirements

Associate's degree or diploma in Nursing.
New hires are required to obtain a BSN within five years of hire.
BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers).
Registered Nurse.
Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex healthcare needs at various stages of the life cycle.

Nice To Haves

Membership in a related professional organization is preferred.
More than one year of full-time or two years of part-time acute care experience is preferred.
Certification in a specialty is preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, completes assessment tools, documents findings, communicates assessment results to healthcare providers, and identifies health counseling and teaching needs.
Plans and individualizes care based on assessment, standards of care, and desired outcomes; updates care plans and clinical pathways based on patient and family input and needs; develops short- and long-term goals with the patient, family, and healthcare team, including discharge planning; and communicates the plan of care.
Provides a safe, therapeutic environment that supports patient autonomy, dignity, rights, and diversity; seeks resources for ethical decisions; balances patient and unit needs; recognizes emergencies and takes appropriate action; and completes assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes.
Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents care accordingly; trains and educates staff and serves as a specialty resource; and communicates, understands, and executes physician orders.
Evaluates care plans against desired patient outcomes, documents patient and family responses to care and teaching, collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and other team members to revise care plans, and supervises delegated care.
Performs technical skills according to policy, procedure, and accepted practice standards; safely administers medications and treatments and monitors their effects; and uses equipment safely and appropriately.
Identifies areas for self-improvement, performs relief charge or resource duties when requested, completes assignments on time, supports effective student learning experiences, maintains current practice knowledge, and demonstrates knowledge of organizational and departmental changes.
Demonstrates TriHealth SERVE standards and ALWAYS behaviors in service, quality, respect, stewardship, courtesy, compassion, and teamwork.