Telemetry Registered Nurse - NY - (Brooklyn) Vinegar Hill Location


NY - (Brooklyn) Vinegar Hill Location
Kings County, New York


Last Day to Apply: October 22, 2022

Telemetry Registered Nurse

Overview:

  • Job Category: Acute - Nursing - Travel
  • Skills: Two years of the following experience is required: Medical/Surgical experience (1 year) Telemetry experience (1 year) IV Insertion and phlebotomy conscious sedation
  • Education: RN License - required Primary Source Verification - required AHA BLS - required AHA ACLS - required TCAR for Surgery - preferred Conscious Sedation certification - preferred
  • Certifications & Licenses: RN License
  • In collaboration with the patient, the patient’s family, and other members of the health care team, the Telemetry Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, evaluating, planning, implementing, and coordinating a treatment plan and achieving the goals of the nursing department.
  • You serve as a key position of the interdependent team, and hold responsibility for achieving positive patient and departmental outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

  • You will monitor cardiac and other critical vital signs and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life-threatening or emergency situations.
  • You will respond to Code Blue within the facility and initiate protocol, special procedures and cardiac monitoring.
  • You will manage efficient flow of patients including screening, preparation for exam, providing general nursing care, and arranging or testing and admissions.
  • You will instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions.
  • You will maintain and review patients’ records including posting tests and examination results.
  • You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders.
  • You will check rooms daily for necessary supplies.
  • You will respond to and refer incoming telephone calls (may include phone triage when needed)
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