RN (Telemetry) - Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Days (Culver City) - 10417

Southern California Hospitals•Culver City, CA

2d•$55 - $83

About The Position

The Telemetry Registered Nurse provides specialized medical and surgical nursing care to patients with significant heart disease, heart failure, or dysrhythmia. The nurse is specially trained to detect cardiac dysrhythmias and use cardiac monitoring and therapeutic equipment, and manages and monitors fixed-rate intravenous drips. The role collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans for assigned patients, coordinating care among other disciplines, physicians, and support staff. The nurse performs professional nursing duties that account for the psychosocial, psychomotor, and age-appropriate cognitive needs of patients and their families or significant others. Responsibilities include ongoing assessment, planning, intervention, advocacy, evaluation of patient responses and outcomes, review of plan effectiveness and discharge readiness, and revision of plans or referrals as needed. The nurse also serves as a role model and mentor to new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff. This is a full-time, day-position listing in Culver City. The posting lists a base pay range of $47.38–$70.80 and a 12-hour pay range of $55.28–$82.60. It also advertises a $20,000 sign-on bonus subject to eligibility requirements, including at least one year of acute care RN hospital experience; current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former employees may not be eligible. Bonus payments are made in increments over 24 months to active employees in good standing.

Requirements

Active, current, and unencumbered California Registered Nurse license.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
AHA Basic Life Support certification.
AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
Ability to work variable shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to maintain flexibility and composure in a constantly changing environment.
One year of previous telemetry or critical-care nursing experience, or completion of a basic cardiac dysrhythmia training course.
Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card for Los Angeles City employees only.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute-care setting.
Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families.
Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) certification.

Responsibilities

Provide safe, effective, and age-appropriate patient care, including reviewing and administering medications, cardiac monitoring, treatments, and procedures within nursing scope and standards of practice.
Recognize changes in a patient's clinical condition, take appropriate action, document interventions, collaborate with the healthcare team, and advocate for patients as needed.
Intervene appropriately in situations involving abuse, assault, neglect, or inadequate financial or social resources, and make referrals to address patient issues.
Develop short- and long-term goals consistent with treatment plans and standards of practice, incorporate patient preferences, and discuss the plan of care with patients.
Use pain-management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief; assess and document patients' physical and psychosocial conditions and responses to care.
Review patient test results, identify critical results, communicate them promptly in keeping with patient condition, and incorporate relevant information into the plan of care.
Maintain evidence-based nursing practice within licensure scope and comply with hospital-wide nursing standards, core measures, infection-control procedures, and HIPAA requirements.
Coordinate care with staff, physicians, other disciplines, and support staff; supervise, monitor, and delegate patient-care activities to appropriate team members.
Provide leadership to help ensure safe, high-quality care; answer questions and provide information, resources, guidance, and education about treatment plans, care plans, and medications.
Develop and implement accurate patient teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
Communicate compassionately with patients and their support systems, respecting age, cultural, religious, gender-identity, and ethnic backgrounds.
Mentor new graduate nurses, orientees, and support staff.
Manage and monitor fixed-rate intravenous drips and use cardiac monitoring and therapeutic equipment.