Registered Nurse - Med/Surg Telemetry

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Job Description Summary
The Professional Clinical Registered Nurse practices to provide relationship based care. Individualized care to the geriatric and adult patient and family is provided within the realm of relationship-based care. An Individualized plan of care is provided; utilizing the nursing process including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. Independently guides nursing practice and evaluates patient specific outcomes. Responsible for inspiring to ensure clinically excellent outcomes through effective delegation in the exercise of his/her independent judgement. Utilizes effective communication to support a culture of caring and healing in which the patient and family are the central focus. Nursing care address physical, spiritual, emotional and educational needs of the patient, and coordinates the plan of care with other healthcare professional’s patients, support persons and all members of the healthcare team. Acts in compliance with enterprise policies/procedures and the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Illinois and in alignment with the nursing mission, vision, and values. Follows the enterprise nursing philosophy and the Empowered for Excellence (E2) nursing professional practice model which are derived from the Benner model and Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring.

The successful candidate:

• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document the care of medical/surgical, ambulatory care and same day surgery patients.  
• Provide acute care per protocols.
• Assist with special procedures.
• Direct the care delivered by patient care partners and other health care team members in the department.
• Collaborate with physicians to evaluate patient readiness for change in level of care.
• Care for medical oncology, surgical oncology, and telemetry patients as necessary.
• Recover MAC local patients when PACU is not open.
• Must be able to work 7:00a-7:00p

Qualifications

Your qualifications should include:

• 1-2 years of acute care experience with Telemetry
• Graduate of NLNAC or CCNE School of Nursing, and licensed in IL               
• OCN Certification within 18 months of hire or 36 total CE in Oncology every Commission of Cancer cycle of three years with completion of 12 CE every year (Surgical Services exempt)
• BLS certification through American Heart Association and must be maintained while in this position           
• ACLS certification through American Heart Association upon hire or obtained by end of orientation period, and maintain while in position

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