Registered Nurse (RN) - Telemetry
About the Role
Up to $15,000 sign-on bonus based on experience! This is a full-time, night-shift position. The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, and 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 is for treatment purposes only.
Responsibilities
- Maintain Chemotherapy Competency
- Obtains and interprets 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 and documents progressive patient and family/significant other 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 the discharge process
Requirements
- Current CA Registered Nurse License
- Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification and ACLS certification (must maintain current at all times)
- Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people on all levels
- Active listening skills
- Compassionate and non-judgmental caregiver and advocate
- Able to independently manage multiple priorities
- Must comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy
- Must successfully complete EKG test within 60 days of hire/transfer
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.
Pay
$56.48 - $86.78 hourly. Individual wages are determined based upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications and experience.
About the Organization
Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals: Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio, and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center, and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley.