Telemetry

Description: Renown

Health Position TemplateFacility Name: Renown

RegionalJob ID: 1021014Location Address: 1155 Mill St Reno, NV 89502Position Information:Update 7/30: Role: Registered Nurse - Telemetry T8

Facility Department/Cost Center: 200119 Shift: 3x12,

Days Weekly: Call is not required Licenses: NV RN license required prior to start

Required Certifications: BLS (AHA), ACLS (AHA), NIHSS (APEX)

Experience Required: Minimum 2 years of Telemetry experience required. Must pass a telemetry competency exam to include identifying and measuring rhythm strips.We are looking for candidates with at least two years of recent inpatient telemetry/PCU experience. Candidates should be confident in interpreting cardiac rhythms, identifying changes, and taking appropriate action. We also prefer individuals who have experience caring for our typical patient populations and are familiar with common diagnoses and related treatments, including pre-/post-cath care, CHF, AKI, COPD, CVA, and ETOH etc.Prior travel experience of one 13 week assignment required.Unit Description:38 bed unit that is staffed with RN s, CNA s, Critical Care Techs (CCTs) and Advanced Care Techs (ACTs). Patient ratios are determined by patient acuity/workload and are typically 1:4 up to 1:6. CCTs monitor ECG rhythms on all telemetry patients 24/7. ACTs assist with transport, admit and discharge tasks, IV and Foley insertion, ADLs, and limited medication administration. Ancillary staff includes, but is not limited to Rapid Response Team, phlebotomists, EKG technicians, and Respiratory Therapists. Patient population includes treatment of CHF, Alcohol Withdrawal, NSTEMI's, sepsis, dysrhythmias, PNA, COPD, Covid, care of the post-procedure patients including pacemakers, ablations, and cath lab procedures, and OHS patients once downgraded from ICU. Medications include non-titratable cardiac medication drips (Cardizem, Lasix, Nitro, etc). May float to Intensive Care Units for a telemetry/medical appropriate assignment, medical-surgical units, as well Renown South Meadows.Additional Comments:Travelers may be required to float to the needs of the organization up to their competency level. May be required to work major holidays and is required to pick up one additional shift during schedule period (every 4-weeks). Renown has the right to call off, without penalty, 48 hours, for low census per 13-week contract. This may be full or partial shifts. Schedule varies based upon department needs. Schedule can include weekends, holidays, and some call shifts.Hospital Information:Extremely busy and fast paced environment serving a 500-mile radius. Level 2 trauma center, Stroke accreditation, 800 inpatient bed hospital, 80 ER beds. The volume and pace required to work here are that of level 1 trauma centerHiring ProfilePosition PurposeThis position provides optimal patient care utilizing knowledge and skills within the context of the nursing process. The incumbent is accountable for individualized patient outcomes over an entire episode of care. The incumbent provides comprehensive nursing services to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, including their families/caregivers.Nature and ScopeThis position is challenged to diagnose and treat human responses to health problems. The incumbent must provide optimal patient/resident care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of adolescent, adult, and geriatric residents and families.Demonstrates the cognitive and psychosocial needs specific to the population to be served and meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards.This position requires a scientific knowledge base and ongoing growth and learning. When possible the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse (RN). The RN coordinates care between other professionals as needed.Intensive continuous mental effort is required to provide optimal safe patient care and the same mental effort is required when interacting with internal and external contacts, exercising judgments and making decisions.This position does provide patient care. General Commentswww.renown.orgThe Region s Only Level II Trauma Center in Reno, NVAt Renown Regional Medical Center, you ll find the most advanced care in the region. Our specialists treat complextumors, stop heart attacks before they do serious damage and preform life-saving surgeries with patients back on theirfeet in no time.Trauma Center, 2 ER sRenown Regional Medical Center is the only trauma center between Sacramento and Salt Lake City, treating over80,000 ER and trauma patients a year. We are also home to the region s only children s hospital, a leading roboticsurgery institute, groundbreaking brain and nerve care, and comprehensive heart and cancer services.At the Renown Regional Medical Center, you can reap the benefits of a full range of leading-edge services and proceduresperformed by expert medical professionals. Our facilities and technologies are state-of-the-art. Here s a quick rundown ofprocedures and technologies -put to use to improve the health and well-being in our community. We instituted the first and only accredited heart failure center in northern Nevada We founded northern Nevada s first and only Institute for Neurosciences We brought the first low-dose CT imaging to the region We brought the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System to northern Nevada We implemented the first dedicated PET/CT scanner, Biplane Angiography and the newest 3T MRI technologies to the region Position creation reason:Vacant

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