RN, Telemetry - Specialty Bakersfield (Full-Time, Day Shift)

About Us

Adventist Health Specialty Bakersfield, formerly known as Bakersfield Heart Hospital since 1999, is building upon a legacy of exceptional heart care and expanding our ability to better serve Kern County. We are a 47-bed hospital with three operating rooms, four cardiac catheterization labs, and offer a range of specialty services. Located in Bakersfield, one of America's fastest growing cities, we provide affordable housing on the West Coast, beautiful weather, high-quality education, and proximity to Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks, the Central California Coast, and Southern California's attractions.

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 100 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 440 sites of care, including 27 acute care facilities. Our team of more than 38,000 employees, physicians, and volunteers is driven by the mission of living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope.

About the Role

Delivers coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients according to established standards of care and the nursing process. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing staff, and coordinates care with other disciplines while utilizing critical thinking, professional and supervisory discretion, and independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient’s health or situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues.
• Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes.
• Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient’s situation.
• Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
• Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members.
• Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
• Participates in discharge planning to provide continuity of care.
• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from approved vendor per AH policy: Required
• AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS: Required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred
• Acute care facility experience: Preferred

Pay

The estimated base pay for this position is $49.60 to $73.64 per hour. Additional individual compensation may be available through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions.

Schedule

• Shift: Day Shift
• Shift Length: 12 Hours
• Assignment Category: Full-time regular