Telemetry Nurse

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center • Gilbert, AZ

1d • $35 - $59 • Onsite

About The Position

The Telemetry 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 evidence-based care to promote optimal health outcomes while balancing patient needs and comfort, demonstrating accountability for ethical behavior, and supporting ethical practices through issue resolution.

Daily work includes organizing and prioritizing patient-care activities; advocating for patients through holistic care; recognizing and responding to changes in patient conditions, such as changes in laboratory results or vital signs; notifying physicians using the SBAR format; and completing bedside nurse-to-nurse reports. The nurse documents assessments, reassessments, and interventions within established timeframes, participates in process and quality improvement, delegates tasks appropriately, and involves patients and families in care plans through therapeutic communication and culturally sensitive care.

Success in this role requires strong written and interpersonal communication, basic computer skills, and recognition of scope of practice, including seeking multidisciplinary collaboration and using appropriate resources. Mercy Gilbert Medical Center is a 198-bed nonprofit facility serving communities in and around Gilbert, Arizona.

Requirements

• One year of RN experience.
• Associate Degree in Nursing, diploma, or foreign equivalent.
• Arizona Registered Nurse credential.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within six months.
• 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 or telemetry 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.
• Assess patient and family health problems and resources, and develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive nursing care plans.
• Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and support ethical practice by addressing or escalating issues.
• Document assessments, reassessments, and nursing interventions within established timeframes.
• Provide culturally sensitive care consistent with patients’ cultural values, beliefs, and customs.
• Advocate for patients through holistic care practices and respond to changes in patient conditions, including changes in laboratory results and vital signs.
• Notify physicians using the SBAR format and perform bedside nurse-to-nurse reports.
• Participate in process and quality improvement activities.
• Delegate tasks appropriately and involve patients and families in care plans using therapeutic communication.
• Seek multidisciplinary collaboration and use appropriate resources within the nurse’s scope of practice.

Benefits

• Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days, providing debt relief and student loan assistance.
• Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years through the Education Benefit program; part-time employees can receive up to $9,000.

What This Job Offers

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