Telemetry Nurse

Company: Sierra Nevada Memorial
Location: Grass Valley
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

Overview
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital has proudly served as the sole healthcare provider for western Nevada County for more than 50 years. Much has happened since the hospital opened in 1958, including additions in 1994 of a 68,000 square foot Outpatient Center, a comprehensive Cancer Center and most recently, the opening of the Sierra Nevada Diagnostic Center in the fall of 2006. SNMH is a licensed, acute care hospital providing a full range of services including cardiovascular, surgical, emergency and diagnostic. SNMH offers access to the SNMH Health Sciences Library. The library features continuing and medical education for healthcare professionals, diabetes classes, prenatal classes, cancer support groups, and family caregiver classes. In addition, we have more than 90 board certified primary and specialty care physicians on our active and associate medical staff.
Responsibilities
The Telemetry Nurse is a specially trained RN in detecting cardiac dysrhythmias and monitoring to provide specialized medical and/or surgical nursing care. Our Telemetry RN's provide, plan, and direct care to individuals and families in collaboration with the health care team. Assuring patient care is delivered safely and meets quality standards and a confidential care environment. Join the #humankindness culture of compassion and excellence in healthcare today! -Essential Functions: Assessment, teaching, planning and coordinating care including discharge needs, performance of RN-specific tasks, and providing team leadership to assure that care is accomplished effectively and efficiently. Perform other duties as the scope of practice allows in order to meet patient needs efficiently and effectively and in support of cohesive team functioning. - -We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
• Adoption Assistance
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs $5,000 - Sign-On Bonus offered for new hires. Per CSH policy, current employees are not eligible.#Refer2DH Employee Referral Bonus Eligible. -#missioncritical - -#RN@DH
  Qualifications
  Minimum Qualifications: -Current California State RN license requiredCurrent BLS and ACLS AHA Issued Certifications requiredTelemetry experience required (Exception: when staffing is able to accommodate training, management will consider RNs with non-Telemetry experience).Ability to accurately assess:
  • Cardiac rhythms with demonstrated understanding of appropriate interventions and medications.
  • Cardiac complications with demonstrated understanding of appropriate interventions.
  • Interpretation and use of unit-specific equipment. -

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