Registered Nurse - RN Cardiac Telemetry - $2,000 Sign-On Bonus
Williamson Medical Center is hiring a Registered Nurse for CardiacTelemetry in Franklin, TN. This is a full time position on night shift that offers an excellent benefit package.
At Williamson Medical Center, our employees are more than just another number. To us, they’re family. They’re smart, talented, compassionate, dedicated, and an overall joy to be around. We’re certainly blessed to have the best of the best working here from the cafeteria to the operating room.
But as Williamson County and surrounding areas continue to grow, so must we. That’s why we want YOU to join our family!
Williamson Medical Center is an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.
Job Summary
To provide highly skilled nursing care to critically ill patients and support to their families. Working together as an efficient team, the Chest Pain Center staff moves toward the goal of optimum patient health through competency and compassion.
Formal Education / Training:
1. Earned a nursing diploma or degree from a college or university.
2. Licensed in the State of Tennessee.
3. Completion of an approved basic arrhythmia program or competency test.
4. ACLS certification or agree to obtain within 6 months of hire.
5.BLS within 90days of hire.
Workplace Experience:
Patient Care Delivery
Equipment and Skills Training:
Standard patient care equipment for services provided. The ability to work well under pressure, to function dependently and independently and to be flexible in applying basic nursing knowledge to a variety of setting. Equipment: Network Computer System; Cardiac Monitor; Telemetry Units; LifePak-20, EKG machine; Pneumatic Tube System; Pyxis Medication System; Computerized order entry and documentation.
Physical Environment:
A 4 (four) bed Chest Pain Center unit with patient population ranging from less than one year of age> ninety-nine years of age.
Physical Effort:
1. Able to communicate in English verbally and legibly.
2. Able to stand/work for up to twelve hours a day.
3. Able to lift with assistance up to 250 lbs.
Performance Standards:
1. Performs a comprehensive assessment on all patients within the appropriate time of admission utilizing skills of observation, communication and examination; including data obtained from patient, family and other members of the healthcare team.
2. Plans the patient’s care on an individual basis, identifying problems/needs, nursing diagnosis, standards of care/practice, interventions consistent with identified problems and attainable outcomes.
3. Plans for patient teaching, discharge and post discharge needs as appropriate for patient population.
4. Functions independently with treatments, procedures and equipment appropriate to areas evidence by adherence to policy, procedure and competency based assessment and no pattern or trend of problem.
5. Handles/transports/stores/prepares/administers medications/solutions safely and in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
6. Documents accurately and timely.
7. Reassess patient’s condition, evaluate patient response and modify plan of care accordingly and in a timely manner.
8. Accepts charge responsibilities and assigns staff with consideration of patient condition and care requirement, acuity and complexity of patient’s condition.
9. Maintains healing and therapeutic environment for the patient and family.
10. Maintains position specific qualifications.
11. Facilitates staff development.
12. Demonstrates responsibility for assigned communications.
13. Demonstrates responsibility for cost containment.