Telemetry (Part Time 16 Hours), West Penn Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides care on West Penn Hospital’s E8 Medical/Telemetry unit, a 21-bed unit serving patients with medical and telemetry needs. Conditions cared for may include heart failure, digestive disorders, severe sepsis, strokes, and pulmonary edema. The RN assesses patient and family needs and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care. The nurse is accountable for the quality of care delivered and provides leadership in a professional practice setting. Responsibilities include collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, supporting colleagues through mentoring and feedback, delegating tasks appropriately, promoting patient safety and quality initiatives, and maintaining effective, compassionate communication with patients and families. The position is part-time at 16 hours. Employees are expected to comply with hospital policies, ethical and legal standards, HIPAA and information-security requirements, and the company’s Code of Business Conduct.

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 the area of specialty.
Two years of inpatient hospital Med/Surg RN experience.

Responsibilities

Assess human responses and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for individuals and families.
Provide leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider environmental safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when making care decisions.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance; share knowledge and skills.
Participate on interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care and 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 deliver individualized care according to patient needs, provider direction, and hospital policy, including involving patients and families.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other health care providers.
Analyze health-status information to determine patient care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, intervene appropriately, and document accordingly.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue continuing learning and professional development, use current research and evidence, and participate in professional organizations and peer review.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and use time effectively to complete assigned duties during the work shift.
Evaluate patient and family satisfaction, participate in department-specific satisfaction initiatives, communicate compassionately, and assess and attempt to resolve concerns.
Comply with ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA, information-security guidelines, and the Code of Business Conduct.