RN Telemetry - Full Time, Day Shift
About The Position
Adventist Health and Rideout is hiring a registered professional nurse for a telemetry role. The nurse assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients during an assigned shift and prescribes nursing care based on the nursing process, the medical plan of care, and input from patients and significant others. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other healthcare team members, coordinates care, incorporates teaching and discharge-planning needs, and delegates aspects of care to nursing staff according to competence and legal scope of practice. Patient populations may include any age group, depending on the assigned unit. The position is represented by CNA. The nurse assesses patients, develops and implements individualized care plans, evaluates patient responses and progress, and revises plans as needed. Responsibilities include patient and family education, medication and IV therapy administration, documentation, emergency response, care coordination, delegation, and safe use of patient-care equipment. The nurse practices in accordance with the California Nurse Practice Act and applicable policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification at hire and demonstrated dysrhythmia competency during orientation, except in Obstetrics and NICU.
- California Nurse Practice Act compliance and practice within the legal scope of registered nursing.
- Required unit-specific credentials and competencies where applicable: Critical Care Course completion within one year of hire and IV Sedation competency within six months for Critical Care Units; Neonatal Resuscitation within six months and specified fetal monitoring credentials for Perinatal/Labor & Delivery; Neonatal Resuscitation within six months for Obstetrics and NICU; PALS within one year and IV Sedation within six months for PACU/SDS; PALS at hire, TNCC within one year, and IV Sedation competency within six months for the Emergency Department; IV Sedation within six months for Procedures Nurse Interventional Radiology RNs.
- Receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable, subject to possible medical or religious exemptions.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN).
- Acute care facility experience.
- MICN and CEN certifications for the Emergency Department.
- PICC competence for Procedures Nurse Interventional Radiology RNs.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients and use the nursing process to design, implement, evaluate, and modify individualized plans of care.
- Consider patients’ age-specific, cultural, and spiritual needs and collaborate with other disciplines in care planning.
- Apply knowledge of illnesses, injuries, diseases, developmental stages, and pharmacology in providing care and administering medications and IV therapy.
- Educate patients and families throughout care, assess learning needs, adapt teaching methods, and evaluate learning effectiveness.
- Respond to patient emergencies and internal or external disasters according to established protocols.
- Oversee patient-care delivery and address or correct others’ errors to support patient safety and wellbeing.
- Report patient observations, reactions, and problems to appropriate persons in a timely manner.
- Make clinical decisions, solve problems, set care priorities, respond to workload changes, and ensure continuity of care by following physician orders and treatment plans.
- Advocate for patients and help preserve their rights.
- Delegate appropriately to CNAs and student nurses based on competence and scope of practice, and accept responsibility for own actions and decisions.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, staff, physicians, and coworkers.
- Document assessments, nursing interventions, and care provided.
- Perform technical patient-care procedures according to policies and procedures, adapting techniques to patient age and needs.
- Perform emergency procedures such as CPR and assess patient response.
- Use patient-care equipment safely, including electric beds, infusion pumps, mechanical lifts, suction devices, physiologic monitors, and traction equipment.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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