Registered Nurse (Inpatient Cardiac Telemetry)

Quick Facts

• Position: Registered Nurse (Inpatient Cardiac Telemetry)
• Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts (7p–7:30a), every third weekend (Friday and Saturday nights), and rotating holidays

Description

Provide direct nursing care to acutely ill patients on the inpatient cardiac telemetry unit by assessing, planning, intervening, implementing, and evaluating using the nursing process. Coordinate and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff while maintaining professional nursing practice standards. Use best available evidence to guide clinical decisions and document patient responses and individualized care plans.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data; identify expected outcomes; develop and implement individualized plans of care
• Coordinate care delivery and evaluate progress toward outcomes
• Direct patient care and determine appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in direct care
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create outcome-focused documented plans
• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects
• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions and individualize the plan of care
• Use best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities
• ADN acceptable only if actively enrolled in an accredited BSN program and committed to obtaining BSN within 3 years of first day of employment in the clinical nurse role

Benefits

• Wide range of benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events
• Refer to the benefits page for detailed information and eligibility by employment classification
• If a sign-on bonus is included: internal employees and rehires who left within 1 year are not eligible; exception for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical Registered Nurse position