Telemetry RN: Impactful Acute Care Nursing

St.-Mary-Medical-Cente; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Registered Nurse to deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports recovery and well-being across the patient journey.

You will perform skilled assessments, plan and implement individualized care, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Current basic life support (BLS) certification
• Current advanced cardiac life support (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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Age-specific assessment

Telemetry nursing

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient-focused care

Critical thinking

Job description

Founded in 1923, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Registered Nurse to deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports recovery and well-being across the patient journey.

You will perform skilled assessments, plan and implement individualized care, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes in a fast-paced hospital setting.