RN Telemetry (4S) Full Time Days

Hollywood Presbyterian•Los Angeles, CA

4d•$54 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high-quality, individualized patient care using the components of the nursing process. This includes performing duties in a manner that provides for the physical, psycho-social, and spiritual needs of the critically ill patient. The role involves completing initial assessments and ongoing reassessments, incorporating cultural and ethnic factors, and differentiating between normal and abnormal findings. The nurse will develop and implement individualized patient care plans, evaluate patient outcomes, and utilize a case management approach to coordinate care across the continuum. Patient safety, patient/family teaching, and effective communication within the organizational chain of command are key aspects of this role. The nurse must maintain knowledge of age-specific care for adolescent through geriatric populations, including end-of-life care, and ensure patient rights, privacy, and dignity are respected. This includes determining the presence of Advance Directives and involving patients/families in decision-making. The role also requires reporting suspected cases of abuse or neglect and demonstrating effective Team Leader/Charge Nurse skills, practicing Universal Precautions, and adapting to changing patient assignments and staffing levels.

Requirements

Graduate of a RN Training Program
Minimum one-year recent experience in an acute care setting preferred
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Must be able to work in a union environment.
Current California RN license
AHA BLS card
AHA ACLS card
EKG certification
NIHSS Certification
Current Los Angeles County Fire Card required (within 30 days of hire).
Assault Response Competency (ARC) (within 30 days of hire).

Nice To Haves

Critical Care Course preferred

Responsibilities

Planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high-quality, individualized patient care using the components of the nursing process.
Performing duties in a manner that provides for the physical, psycho-social and spiritual needs of the critically ill patient.
Completing initial assessment in a timely manner and ongoing reassessments when warranted by the patient’s condition.
Incorporating cultural and ethnic factors into assessments/reassessments; correctly differentiating between normal and abnormal findings; and incorporating the functional/developmental age into assessment/reassessment for the adolescent through geriatric patient population.
Demonstrating sound clinical judgment in the development, implementation and evaluation of the nursing aspects of the trans-disciplinary care plan.
Developing an individualized patient care plan and determining interventions based on assessment/reassessment findings.
Evaluating patient outcomes on an ongoing basis, establishing priorities for patient care services as evidenced by modification of the care plan, if necessary.
Accurately documenting patient care activities in the medical record.
Planning, guiding, directing, coordinating and collaboratively incorporating the overall aspects of patient care across the continuum by effectively communicating with physicians, staff and other disciplines.
Assessing and responding appropriately to ensure patient safety based on the physical environment, equipment and the patient’s behavior.
Participating in the patient/family teaching by reviewing educational materials and coaching nurses and hospital staff on education interventions.
Providing care in emergency situations and following established emergency procedures and practices.
Communicating and following the organizational chain of command for notification of patient care/service issues, when appropriate.
Identifying therapeutic patient care issues/problems and determining measures and interventions to promote, maintain and/or restore health for the adolescent through geriatric patient population.
Providing appropriate care through the healthcare continuum including the end of life.
Assuring that the rights of all patients are respected and maintained by allowing for privacy and dignity in the provision of patient care.
Determining the presence and type of Advance Directive, if applicable.
Ensuring patient and/or family involvement in the decision-making process as it relates to patient care, end of life and ethical issues.
Reporting suspected cases of abuse or neglect relative to the adolescent through geriatric patient population as appropriate.
Demonstrating knowledge of age specific care, including but not limited to, identifying the need for additional safety measures, physiological normal values/readings; and assessing skin integrity, behavior, motor skills and/or activities that place patients at risk as well as communicates effectively in a clear, concise, understandable manner.
Identifying patient/family educational needs; initiates and provides individualized teaching which considers the functional/developmental age and the needs of the adult patient population.
Evaluating and documenting the effectiveness of the patient/family teaching through assessment of their comprehension of the instruction and demonstration of appropriate responses.
Demonstrating knowledge of age specific care for the adolescent through geriatric population, including but not limited to identifying the need for additional safety measures, equipment use; physiological normal values/readings; and assessing skin integrity, behavior, motor skills and/or activities that place patients at risk as well as communicates effectively in a clear, concise understandable manner.
Demonstrating effective Team Leader/Charge Nurse skills.
Practicing Universal Precautions.
Demonstrating flexibility in the work setting with changing patient’s assignments, varying staffing levels and patient care environments and completes work on time.