RN - Telemetry- Loan Forgiveness & $20,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time, Nights (FRMC)
Company: Alta Hospitals
Location: Tustin
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
The Telemetry Registered Nurse is specially trained in the
detection of cardiac dysrhythmias, monitoring, and therapeutic
equipment to provide specialized medical and/or surgical nursing
care to patients with significant heart disease, heart failure or
dysrhythmia. - Manages and monitors fixed rate intravenous drips. -
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement
a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring
the coordination of care between other disciplines, physicians, and
support staff. - Performs professional nursing duties that
incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor and age appropriate
cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other to assess,
plan, intervene and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis
throughout the continuum of care. - Will reevaluate patient
response and outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness
for discharge and revise plan or make referrals as necessary. -
Acts as a role model and mentor to a variety of new graduate
nurses, orientees and support staff.Foothill Regional Medical
Center is a fully accredited acute care hospital, licensed for 177
beds-120 beds for general acute care, 15 intensive care beds and 42
pediatric sub-acute beds. Our pediatric sub-acute unit, just one of
six in California, serves patients from throughout the state. We
care for patients up to 21 years of age who need long-term
sub-acute care including ventilator care and nutritional
support.
- Provides patient care, reviews and administers patient
medications, cardiac monitoring, treatments and procedures in a
safe, effective and age appropriate manner that meets scope of
practice and standards of nursing practice. - Recognizes change in
patient's clinical conditions, taking appropriate action and
documenting intervention. Effectively collaborates with the health
care team to intervene, and advocate as necessary. Intervenes
appropriately in instances of abuse, assault or neglect, or when
adequate financial or social resources are not available. Makes
appropriate referrals to resolve patient issues effectively.
- Develops long and short-term goals consistent with treatment
plans, standards of practice, and the plan of care, incorporating
patient preference and discussing plan of care with patient.
Appropriately utilizes pain management resources and other
interventions to provide pain relief. Provides ongoing assessments
and documents the patient's physical and psychosocial condition, as
well as response to care. Reviews patient test results, identifies
critical results, and communicates in a timely manner consistent
with the condition of the patient and correlates information into
the plan of care. - Consistently ensures nursing practice is
evidence based, within scope of licensure and compliant with
hospital wide standards of nursing care, including core measures.
Ensures Infection Control procedures and HIPPA compliance.
- Collaborates with staff, physicians and members of the
healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other
disciplines and support staff. - Supervises, monitors and delegates
patient care activities to appropriate members of the health care
team, provides effective leadership and ensures that care is safe
and of high quality. - Acts as a source of information and
articulately responds to questions, providing resources, guidance,
and education about treatment plan, plan of care, and medications.
Develops and implements accurate teaching and ongoing discharge
plans.
- Empathizes with patient and patient support systems, expresses
compassion and understanding for the situation and demonstrates
care which is appropriate for the age, and cultural, religious,
gender identity, or ethnic background. - Engages in caring
behaviors, taking conscious ownership for work and takes
deliberate/thoughtful actions regarding how to best carry out
interactions with the patient, families, physicians, and
co-workers.Minimum Education: -Graduate of an Accredited School of
Nursing required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.Minimum
Experience: -One (1) year previous telemetry or critical care
nursing experience OR completion of a basic cardiac dysrhythmia
training course required. 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.
Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in an Acute Care setting
preferred. Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with
patients and families preferred.Req. Certification/Licensure:
-Active, current, and unencumbered Licensure as a Registered Nurse
in the State of California required. AHA Basic Life Support
required. AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support required. Hospital Fire
and Life Safety Card (Los Angeles City Employees only) required.
Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) preferred.Sign On Bonus
Eligibility: -To be eligible for the Sign On Bonus, you must have
one or more years (1+) of acute care RN hospital experience.
Current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible and former Alta
Hospital employees may not be eligible. The Sign on Bonus Program
is only available for full-time RN positions. Bonus payments are
made in increments over the course of 18 or 24 months to active
employees in good standing.
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