Graduate Nurse 5C Medicine Telemetry, Allegheny General Hospital

About the role

The Allegheny General 5C Medicine Telemetry Unit is a 26-bed unit featuring all private rooms. The unit maintains a fast pace while serving a diverse patient population with diagnoses ranging from heart failure to gastrointestinal bleeds. The patient population includes those with heart failure, MICU stepdown or post-MICU and CCU patients, post-ventilator patients, those experiencing CHF exacerbations, altered mental status, and dyspnea/shortness of breath. The unit manages a patient population very similar to the MICU but at a lower acuity level and sees a good mix of older and younger adult patients.

Responsibilities

• Responsible and accountable for a designated patient population for the purpose of providing care based upon enactment of the nursing process.
• Demonstrates clinical assessment skills and care planning skills.
• Provides safe and effective care for the age population served according to regulatory requirements.
• Professionally directs and manages the activities of the patient care delivery by the team members.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team for the plan of care from admission through discharge.
• Assesses learning needs of patient and family and provides education based on age, culture and willingness to learn.

Requirements

• Minimum Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) or license eligible
• CPR certification

Qualifications

• Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
• Access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.
• Compliance with HIPAA as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
• Adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
• Prohibition of discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibition of discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Benefits

• Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
• Access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.
• Compliance with HIPAA as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
• Adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
• Prohibition of discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibition of discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A

Skills

• Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
• Access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.
• Compliance with HIPAA as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
• Adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
• Prohibition of discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibition of discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Benefits

• Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
• Access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.
• Compliance with HIPAA as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
• Adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
• Prohibition of discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibition of discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Contact Information

To request an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact the email below. For accommodation requests, please contact HR Services Online at HRServices@highmarkhealth.org