Registered Nurse – 4200 Telemetry Unit

TriHealth•Montgomery, OH

6h•Onsite

About The Position

TriHealth is hiring a Registered Nurse for the 4200 Telemetry Unit at Bethesda North Hospital. This 38-bed, stroke-certified inpatient unit provides care for patients with acute structural heart conditions and a range of cardiovascular needs, including 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 provides continuous cardiac monitoring and works closely with the ICUs, offering a pathway to develop critical-care skills. The RN applies the nursing process to provide direct and indirect holistic care to patients and families, and collaborates with physicians and other healthcare team members. The position may delegate aspects of care to team members under the nurse’s direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice. The nurse assesses patients and families, plans and evaluates care, provides a safe and therapeutic environment, administers treatments and medications, documents care, and supports patient education and discharge planning. The role also includes supervising delegated care, maintaining clinical knowledge, and contributing to staff learning and unit operations. This is a full-time, 36-hour-per-week, day-shift, onsite inpatient position at Bethesda North Hospital in Montgomery, Ohio. New hires must obtain a BSN within five years of hire. TriHealth describes a supportive, team-centered culture, professional growth and learning opportunities, and comprehensive benefits, wellness programs, and career support.

Requirements

Associate degree or diploma in Nursing.
New hires must obtain a BSN within five years of hire.
Registered Nurse qualification.
BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers).
Knowledge, judgment, and skills based on 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.
Acute-care experience is preferred: more than one year full-time or two years part-time.
Certification in a specialty is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, complete assessment tools, and document assessments according to unit and TriHealth guidelines.
Communicate assessment findings to appropriate healthcare providers and include health counseling and teaching needs in assessments.
Plan and individualize patient and family care based on assessments, standards of care, and desired outcomes; update plans as needs change.
Develop short- and long-term goals with patients, families, and the healthcare team, including discharge planning, and communicate plans of care to others.
Provide a safe, therapeutic environment that maintains patient autonomy, dignity, and rights and respects patient diversity.
Seek resources to support ethical decisions and balance patient needs with unit and facility priorities.
Recognize emergency situations and take appropriate action.
Complete patient assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes.
Base interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes, and document interventions and results.
Train and educate other staff and serve as a specialty-area resource by applying current and developing knowledge and skills.
Communicate, understand, and carry out physician orders effectively.
Evaluate plans of care against desired patient outcomes and document patient and family responses, including responses to teaching.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members to revise plans of care as needed.
Supervise care delegated to other healthcare team members.
Perform technical skills according to policy, procedure, and accepted practice standards; administer medications and treatments safely and monitor their effects.
Use equipment safely and appropriately.
Identify areas for self-improvement, maintain current knowledge in the area of practice, and demonstrate knowledge of organizational and department changes.
Function in a relief charge or resource role when requested, complete assignments within scheduled timeframes, and cooperate with instructors to facilitate student learning.
Follow TriHealth SERVE standards and ALWAYS behaviors, including demonstrating service, quality and safety focus, respect, stewardship, courtesy, and compassion.