About this opportunity
CommonSpirit Health lists this Cardiac Telemetry Nurse opportunity in little rock, Arkansas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Cardiac Telemetry Nurse at CHI St Vincent Infirmary, you’ll care for patients who may have life-threatening cardiac events, post-procedural and receive patients from the Cath Lab PACU while helping their families navigate daily care and the long-term plan for healing and maintenance outside of the hospital.
You’ll never have the same day twice as your patients’ needs evolve. That’s why you must be adaptable and detail-oriented, observing vitals and reporting the warning signs early to our multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, EKG techs, and other cardiovascular professionals.
Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to go the extra mile for your patients, utilization of critical thinking skills and your strong assessment skills. To further support your nursing career, we offer continuing education opportunities to help you advance your clinical nursing skills.
Provides assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for assigned patients.
Administer medications, change therapeutic dressings, monitor vital signs, prep patients for procedural interventions, educate both patient and families regarding the disease process and procedural intervention, and chart with timely documentation
Collaborate with a variety of other healthcare professionals such as social work, care coordination, physical therapy, occupational therapy, lab, respiratory therapy, and imaging
Utilization of multiple Nurse Driven protocols allowing some autonomy for the prudent nurse
Evaluation and implementation of the treatment plan for the heart failure patient population
We are offering a sign on bonus up to $25,000 to hires who meet the eligibility requirements. We also offer additional pay for participation in our clinical ladder as well as referral bonuses, excellent benefits, tuition reimbursement and relocation assistance.
Job Requirements
Unencumbered license to practice as an RN in the State of Arkansas
12 months of acute care experience is required (new graduates or nurses who have never worked in an acute care setting are hired through our residency training program)
Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months
Where You'll Work
CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our team member well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.
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Worksite address
little rock, AR, 72208, US
Who can apply
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