RN (Telemetry) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Nights (Culver City) - 10417
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 and using monitoring and therapeutic equipment, including managing and monitoring fixed-rate intravenous drips. The nurse collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans for assigned patients, coordinating care with other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. Nursing duties include assessing, planning, intervening, and advocating for patients and their families throughout the continuum of care, while taking into account psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs. 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 mentoring and serving as a role model to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. The position provides safe, effective, age-appropriate care in accordance with the scope and standards of nursing practice. Responsibilities include administering medications and treatments, monitoring cardiac status, recognizing and responding to changes in clinical condition, coordinating and delegating care, educating patients and families, and developing discharge plans. The nurse maintains evidence-based practice, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA compliance, and communicates with patients and care teams with empathy and cultural sensitivity. The position is full-time and has a 12-hour night schedule. Base pay is $47.38–$70.80 per hour; the stated 12-hour rate is $55.28–$82.60, calculated using eight hours at the base rate and four hours of overtime. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is offered to eligible full-time RN hires with at least one year of acute-care hospital RN experience; current Alta Hospital employees are ineligible, and former employees may be ineligible. Bonus payments are distributed over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
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.
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.
- Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card (required for Los Angeles City employees only).
Responsibilities
- Provide specialized telemetry nursing care to patients with significant heart disease, heart failure, or dysrhythmia.
- Detect cardiac dysrhythmias and use cardiac monitoring and therapeutic equipment; manage and monitor fixed-rate intravenous drips.
- Assess patients, develop and implement plans of care, provide interventions and advocacy, and reevaluate patient responses, outcomes, and discharge readiness.
- Review and administer medications, treatments, and procedures safely and in an age-appropriate manner.
- Recognize changes in clinical condition, take appropriate action, document interventions, and collaborate with the healthcare team.
- Develop short- and long-term care goals consistent with treatment plans, standards of practice, and patient preferences.
- Provide ongoing physical and psychosocial assessments, review test results, identify critical results, and communicate findings promptly.
- Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief.
- Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support staff; supervise, monitor, and delegate care activities appropriately.
- Provide leadership and guidance, answer questions, and educate patients and families about treatment, medications, and plans of care.
- Develop and implement patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans, making referrals as necessary.
- Intervene appropriately in instances of abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources.
- Follow evidence-based nursing practice, scope-of-licensure requirements, hospital nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
- Communicate with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers with empathy and cultural sensitivity.
- Serve 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 hires with at least one year of acute-care RN hospital experience; payments are made over 24 months to active employees in good standing.
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Job Type
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