RN Break Relief Telemetry

CommonSpirit Health • Carmichael, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse on the 30-bed Cardiac Telemetry unit at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care to a diverse cardiac population. The unit has private rooms, a calm healing environment, ceiling lifts, a pneumatic tube system, and modern equipment. Patients include those with arrhythmias, patients undergoing pre- or post-cardiac interventions, including sheath removals, and pre- or post-operative cardiac surgical patients.

You will assess patients, perform skilled procedures, and plan, implement, evaluate, and document individualized care and education. You will use unit-specific technology, procedures, protocols, standards, and interventions, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support patient outcomes and continuity of care from admission to discharge. The role also includes accepting accountability for decisions and behaviors, cooperating with facility leadership, helping orient new staff and ancillary personnel, mentoring students, and serving as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.

Requirements

• One year of experience as an RN in an acute care hospital.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Arrhythmia certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform total-body and system assessments each shift or visit according to unit standards.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, and provide patient education.
• Use technology, procedures, protocols, standards, and interventions specific to the assigned unit.
• Complete legible, timely, concise, and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures; use the computerized documentation system proficiently.
• Accept responsibility and accountability for decisions and behaviors, and cooperate with direction from facility leadership.
• Participate in orienting new staff and ancillary personnel, mentor students constructively, and serve as a resource to staff from other nursing departments.
• Provide care to cardiac patients, including patients with arrhythmias, those undergoing pre- or post-cardiac interventions and sheath removals, and pre- or post-operative cardiac surgical patients.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support patient outcomes and continuity of care from admission to discharge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed