Tele RN | PCU, Step-down, ICU | PRN Nights

Emerus•Grand Prairie, TX

About The Position

The Tele RN performs the primary functions of a nurse in assessing, planning, directing, and evaluating patient care. The role provides proficient, age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate nursing care, applying advanced specialty clinical nursing knowledge and skills while ensuring patient and family comfort and safety. The position is at a 16-bed small-format hospital with 8 emergency and 8 inpatient beds, and is PRN on the 7 p.m.–7 a.m. night shift. The ideal candidate has experience caring for higher-acuity inpatient patients in a fast-paced hospital, can assess and prioritize changing conditions, and is competent in managing cardiac, hypertensive, and insulin infusions and interpreting cardiac rhythms. Experience with advanced respiratory therapies such as BiPAP and high-flow oxygen is sought. The RN collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and telemedicine providers using virtual communication platforms, and is confident caring for critically ill patients, including supporting short-term stabilization of ventilated patients awaiting transfer to a higher level of care. The nurse follows physician orders and applicable laws, facility and departmental policies, procedures, and nursing standards. Duties also include maintaining confidentiality, following infection-control and aseptic practices, collecting laboratory samples and performing testing in accordance with policy and COLA and CLIA regulations, carrying out admission, discharge, and transfer procedures, and assembling equipment and supplies for diagnostic and treatment procedures. The RN completes assigned quality-assessment activities and documentation, attends required meetings, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or Nursing Diploma required; BSN preferred.
Current state Registered Nurse licensure without sanctions required.
At least 2 years of full-time RN experience in Telemetry/ICU, or 2 years of combined experience in related healthcare positions, required.
Current BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.
Fluency in English and written and oral communication skills required.
Pennsylvania RNs must have completed Act 33 Child Abuse History Clearance and Act 73 FBI Fingerprint Criminal History Clearance within the last 5 years, or obtain them before the start date.
Experience caring for higher-acuity inpatients in a fast-paced hospital and assessing, prioritizing, and responding to changing patient conditions.
Competency managing cardiac, hypertensive, and insulin infusions, and strong cardiac rhythm interpretation skills.
Experience supporting patients requiring advanced respiratory therapies, including BiPAP and high-flow oxygen.
Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to work with interdisciplinary teams and telemedicine providers using virtual communication platforms.
Confidence caring for critically ill patients and willingness to support short-term stabilization, including for ventilated patients awaiting transfer to a higher level of care.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
PALS certification strongly preferred; ENPC certification from ENA may be substituted for PALS.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, direct, and evaluate patient care.
Plan, prioritize, and provide proficient age-specific and developmentally or specialty-appropriate nursing care, ensuring patient and family comfort and safety.
Follow physician orders in delivering nursing care.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
Follow infection-control and isolation procedures and aseptic techniques.
Collect laboratory samples and perform laboratory testing in accordance with established policies and procedures and COLA and CLIA regulations.
Perform admission, discharge, and transfer procedures.
Assemble equipment and supplies for diagnostic or treatment procedures in the specialty service area, and perform or assist with procedures or treatments.
Deliver care in accordance with applicable laws, facility and departmental policies and procedures, and established nursing standards.
Perform assigned quality-assessment activities and document them.
Attend required staff meetings and other company-sponsored or mandated meetings.
Perform additional duties as assigned.