RN Charge (Telemetry) Loan Forgiveness - Full Time, Days (Culver City)

About the Role

The Telemetry Charge Nurse oversees clinical functions related to the delivery of patient care, the quality of nursing practice, and the standards of care for the assigned shift. Directs patient care activities by assigning staff and functions on the unit based on the Charge RN’s assessment of patient needs and the relative skills and abilities of staff, while maintaining clinical nursing practice skills and unit-specific expertise. Performs professional nursing duties that incorporate the psychomotor and age-appropriate cognitive skills of the patient, family, and significant others to assess, plan, intervene, and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care. Ensures break relief and provides break relief coverage for the shift. Troubleshoots and resolves issues as they arise. Functions as a role model and clinical resource to staff and patients.

Responsibilities

• Leadership:
  • Oversees and coordinates the daily operations of the unit, resolving issues as they occur based on experience and judgment.
  • Demonstrates advanced clinical expertise, strong leadership, and collaborative skills in dealing with staff and members of the healthcare team.
  • Completes daily assignments for staff based on their assessment of relative staff competencies and ensures acuities are complete for all assigned patients.
  • Provides meaningful input for RN coaching, training, counseling, discipline, and performance assessments.
  • Assists with employee hiring decisions, including interviewing, recommending candidates, conducting orientation, and training new employees.
• Professional Clinical Practice:
  • Provides continuous supervision of staff RNs, LVNs, and CNAs on the unit in the provision of patient care.
  • Provides direct patient care as needed.
  • Administers patient medications, cardiac monitoring, treatments, and procedures in a safe, effective, and age-appropriate manner that meets the scope of practice and standards of nursing practice.
  • Recognizes changes in patient clinical conditions and responds or directs staff to respond by taking appropriate action and documenting intervention.
  • Ensures Hospital patient care standards are met, including effective collaboration with the healthcare team to intervene and advocate as necessary.
  • Intervenes appropriately in instances of abuse, assault, or neglect, or when adequate financial or social resources are not available.
  • Makes appropriate referrals to resolve patient issues effectively.
• Plan of Care:
  • Develops long and short-term goals consistent with treatment plans, standards of practice, and the plan of care in conjunction with treating physicians, incorporating patient preference.
  • Directs and supports staff RNs in providing ongoing assessments and documents the patient's physical and psychosocial condition, as well as response to care.
  • Reviews patient test results, identifies critical results, communicates in a timely manner, and correlates information into the plan of care.
  • Ensures employees' nursing practice is evidence-based, within the scope of licensure, and compliant with Hospital-wide standards of nursing care, including core measures.
  • Ensures Infection Control procedures and HIPAA compliance procedures are followed by staff.
• Collaboration:
  • Collaborates with staff, physicians, and members of the healthcare team to coordinate and manage care among other disciplines and support staff.
  • Supervises, monitors, and delegates patient care activities to appropriate members of the healthcare team, providing effective leadership to ensure care is safe and of high quality.
  • Acts as a source of information and articulately responds to questions, providing resources, guidance, and education about the treatment plan, plan of care, and medications.
  • Develops and implements accurate teaching and ongoing discharge plans.
• Communication:
  • Empathizes with patients and patient support systems, expresses compassion and understanding, and demonstrates care appropriate for the age, cultural, religious, gender identity, or ethnic background.
  • Engages in caring behaviors and ensures staff does as well, taking conscious ownership for work and deliberate/thoughtful actions regarding interactions with patients, families, physicians, and co-workers.

Requirements

• Active, current, and unencumbered Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
• AHA Basic Life Support.
• AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Ability to maintain flexibility and composure in a constantly changing environment.
• Understanding of patient classification and staffing requirements for the patient population.
• One year of previous telemetry or critical care nursing experience OR completion of a basic cardiac dysrhythmia training course.
• Demonstrated experience in a leadership role.
• Hospital Fire and Life Safety Card (Los Angeles City Employees only).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in an Acute Care setting.
• Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families.

Physical Requirements

These are requirements normally expected to perform regular job duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and applicable state and local law, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Standing: Constantly
• Walking: Constantly
• Sitting: Occasionally
• Reaching with Hands and Arms: Constantly
• Climb or Balance: Frequently
• Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, or Crawling: Occasionally
• Talking: Frequently
• Hearing: Constantly
• Seeing: Constantly
• Performing repetitive motions with arms or hands: Constantly
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 10 lbs: Constantly
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 25 lbs: Frequently
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 lbs: Frequently
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling greater than 50 lbs: Frequently
• Driving: None

Pay

Pay Rate: $56.40 - $77.60 per hour

$20,000 Sign-on Bonus for eligible candidates. To be eligible for the Sign-on Bonus, you must have one or more years of acute care RN hospital experience. Current Alta Hospital employees are not eligible, and former Alta Hospital employees may not be eligible. The Sign-on Bonus Program is only available for full-time RN positions. Bonus payments are made in increments over the course of 24 months to active employees in good standing.