Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry

Tenet Healthcare; Palm Springs (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare in California is seeking a night shift Staff Nurse responsible for total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for assigned patients. The role includes teaching patients and families to reach optimal health and maintaining chemotherapy competency with a focus on safety and high-quality care.

Qualifications include CA RN license (ADN/BSN), current BLS/ACLS, strong communication, active listening, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a

Qualifications

• Current CA Registered Nurse License
• ADN or BSN degree required or equivalent
• ACLS and BLS certification required (maintain current)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with patients, families and colleagues
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced unit
• Compassionate, nonjudgmental caregiver and advocate
• Must complete EKG test within 60 days of hire/transfer

Responsibilities

• Total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for assigned patients
• Initiate teaching for patient and family to attain optimal health
• Maintain chemotherapy competency and interpret information for patient needs
• Facilitate discharge planning and ensure goals are met
• Coordinate interdisciplinary communications and collaborate for complex discharges
• Adhere to policy on Respiratory Fit Testing and safety requirements

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Active listening

Multitasking

Education

CA RN License

ADN or BSN

Job description

Shift: Nights

Job type: Full Time

Hours:

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience!

The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient. The staff nurse initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/or significant other to attain optimal health. Access to all Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only.

Department Specific Duties

• Maintain Chemotherapy Competency
• Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient's needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
• Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Maintains Annual competencies.
• Performs and documents accurate comprehensive and daily assessments per policy and standards for specific unit.
• Demonstrates knowledge associated with specific unit disease processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used drugs for specific unit.
• Initiates, documents progressive patient, and family/significant teaching.
• Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge.
• Initiates interdisciplinary communications and incorporates recommendations.
• Works with other disciplines for complex discharge planning and early facilitation of discharge process.

Required

• Current CA Registered Nurse License
• Associate Degree in Nursing ADN (G70AH / G70AK) or
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing BSN (G70AZ / G70AD)
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification and ACLS certification (maintain current at all times)
• Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with parents, families, and co-workers
• Possess active listening skills
• Compassionate and non judgmental care giver and advocate
• Able to independently manage multiple priorities
• Must comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy
• Must successfully complete EKG test within (60) sixty days of hire/ transfer