Clinical Nurse - Cardiac Telemetry

Tampa General Hospital

Brooksville (FL)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Tampa General Hospital is actively seeking a Clinical Nurse for Cardiac Telemetry to provide bedside nursing care on the telemetry unit. The role requires current RN licensure in Florida or a compact state, with BLS certification and ACLS/PALS preferred for advanced cardiovascular care.

The nurse will assess patients, develop and update individualized care plans, document outcomes, and collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure high-quality patient care within hospital standards.

Qualifications

Associate's Degree in Nursing from an approved program.
Current Florida RN license or compact state.
BLS certification; ACLS/PALS preferred.
Excellent assessment and care planning skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with the healthcare team.

Responsibilities

Assess and monitor patients on the cardiac telemetry unit.
Document nursing assessments and plans of care.
Coordinate discharge planning for patients as needed.
Transcribe physician orders and educate patients.
Communicate plans of care with the care team on a daily basis.

Skills

Nursing care

Assessment

Care planning

Team communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Description - Cardiac Telemetry (260001CK)

Job Description

Clinical Nurse - Cardiac Telemetry - ( 260001CK )

Description

Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement.

Essential Functions

Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reportssignificant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heathcare team.
Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health careteam.
Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designatedtime delineated in policy/unit standards.
Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure thedelivery of quality care.
Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through dailyworksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow up.
Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames perpolicy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patientpopulations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial anddevelopmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.