RN Telemetry

CommonSpirit Health; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Located in Long Beach, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high-quality care across acute settings.

You will perform assessments, implement care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal patient outcomes. The role emphasizes patient safety, timely interventions, and family engagement, with requirements including an active California RN license, BLS, ACLS, and at least one year of acute telemetry

Qualifications

• Current license as a Registered Nurse in California.
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Minimum 1 year Acute Care Telemetry RN experience.
• Telemetry class completion preferred.
• Successful completion of medication exam and unit orientation.

Responsibilities

• Assess and interpret age-specific data to guide care.
• Involve patient, family, and significant other in planning and education.
• Perform priority procedures safely within scope of practice.
• Efficiently and effectively perform procedures with optimal resource use.
• Serve as a resource for procedures across the assigned patients.
• Identify unsafe care practices and take timely corrective action.

Skills

Assessment

Critical thinking

Patient-centered care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Family engagement

Education

California RN license

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Telemetry class

Medication exam completed

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Demonstrates ability to assess/interpret age‑specific data.
• Encourages involvement of patient/family/significant other in decision making related to plan of care: 1. identifies patient/caregiver teaching needs 2. identifies patient safety issues 3. Identifies patient comfort / pain issues
• Performs the priority procedures for the assigned patients or areas safely - without causing harm legally - within the scope of practice and SMMC policy and in a manner perceived as satisfying by the patient and family.
• Performs all procedures for the assigned patients or areas: 1. efficiently - using the fewest possible resources 2. effectively - achieving the intended results
• Acts as a resource for all procedures for the assigned patients or areas.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe care practices, initiates actions as appropriate to prevent or correct and reports in a timely manner.

Job Requirements

• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Current basic life support (AHA-BLS) certification
• Current advanced cardiac life support (AHA-ACLS).
• Minimum of one year Acute Care Telemetry RN experience.
• Completion of a Telemetry class preferred
• Successful completion of a medication examination and satisfactory completion of department/unit specific orientation.

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 389‑bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Long Beach, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, and orthopedics. Additionally, St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission‑certified Thrombectomy‑Capable Stroke Center and received a Healthgrades 5-Star Award for Heart Failure in 2026.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$58.70 - $73.30 /hour