Telemetry (Full Time 36 Hours), West Penn Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. E8 at West Penn Hospital is a 21-bed medical unit caring for medical and telemetry patients. Conditions treated may include heart failure, digestive disorders, severe sepsis, strokes, and pulmonary edema. The role provides professional practice leadership, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, supports patient safety and quality initiatives, and delivers compassionate, patient- and family-centered care. The nurse also contributes to team development, delegates and supervises tasks as appropriate, and maintains clinical competence through continuing learning and feedback. Employees are expected to follow hospital policies, ethical and legal standards, privacy and information security requirements, and the company’s Code of Business Conduct. The description notes that employees may have access to confidential customer information and must protect it in accordance with HIPAA and company policies.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN licensure or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and help build the team through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or delegating work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills.
Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise delegates and evaluate assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with applicable orders and policies, including patient and family needs.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families to determine care needs.
Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician and/or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue continuous learning and professional development, including use of current research and evidence, and participate in professional organizations and peer review.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction, participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and attempt to resolve concerns.
Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.
Comply with ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA, privacy and information security requirements, and the Code of Business Conduct.