Telemetry Monitoring Nurse

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center • Gilbert, AZ

2d • $35 - $59 • Onsite

About The Position

The Telemetry Monitoring Nurse at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center takes a leadership role in assessing patient and family health problems and resources and developing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive nursing care plans. The nurse provides safe, effective, evidence-based care, balances patient needs and comfort, and supports ethical practice through accountability and appropriate issue resolution.

The role includes organizing and prioritizing patient care, advocating for patients through holistic care, and responding promptly and appropriately to changes in patient condition, including changes in laboratory results, vital signs, and test values. The nurse uses SBAR to notify physicians and other providers, performs bedside nurse-to-nurse reports, and documents assessments, reassessments, and nursing interventions within established timeframes. The position also involves process and quality improvement, appropriate delegation, therapeutic communication, cultural sensitivity, and involving patients and families in care plans. Effective communication, basic computer skills, and recognition of scope of practice—including seeking multidisciplinary collaboration and using appropriate resources—are important to success.

Requirements

• One year of RN experience.
• Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Arizona Registered Nurse license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 120 days.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to recognize scope of practice, seek multidisciplinary collaboration, and use appropriate resources.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• One year of medical/surgical intensive care experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, safe, effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired patient health outcomes.
• Organize and prioritize patient care activities while balancing patient needs and comfort.
• Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and support ethical practice by addressing or escalating issues.
• Recognize changes in patients’ conditions, including changes in laboratory results, vital signs, signs, and test values, and respond in a timely, clinically appropriate manner.
• Use the SBAR format to notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings.
• Perform nurse-to-nurse reports at the bedside.
• Document assessments, reassessments, and nursing interventions within established timeframes.
• Assess patient and family health problems and resources and develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive nursing care plans.
• Serve as a patient advocate through holistic care practices.
• Participate in process and quality improvement activities.
• Delegate tasks appropriately and involve patients and families in care plans using therapeutic communication and cultural sensitivity.
• Seek multidisciplinary collaboration and use appropriate resources while working within scope of practice.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may access an education benefit program after 180 days, offering debt relief and student loan assistance.
• Full-time employees may receive up to $18,000 in education benefits over five years; part-time employees may receive up to $9,000.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree