Registered Nurse - Telemetry - Telemetry
Company: Mission Regional Medical Center
Location: Weslaco
Posted on: November 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Registered Nurse - TelemetryOverview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to
our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp
Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers
incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a
community dedicated to making a difference.
Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital
in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital
specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and
gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology,
critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the
only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as
Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke
Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing
quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60
years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical
staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the
Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people. For more information,
please call 956-968-8567 or visit www.KnappMed.org
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate
against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation, or other protected
characteristics. If you need special accommodation for the
application process, please contact Human Resources. Know Your
Rights:
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Responsibilities
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of safe
patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning,
implementation and evaluation. Provides direct patient care within
the scope of practice. The Registered Nurse also directs and guides
patient/family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel
while maintaining standards of care in Telemetry Unit. The
Registered Nurse is directly responsible and accountable for the
care given to his/her assigned patients. He / She communicates with
the physician about changes in the patients clinical condition
including cardiac monitoring, results of diagnostic studies and
symptomatology. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to
changes in condition and/or response to treatment.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING 1. Current and valid state RN
License.2. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain
current.3. EKG certification required within 30 days of hire. 4.
Current ACLS certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current.5.
Previous Acute Care hospital experience preferred.6. Ventilator
Management experience preferred.7. Medical-Surgical Nurse-Board
Certified (RN-BC) or similar certification; preferred.8. Bachelor
of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
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