Graduate Nurse Telemetry RN

Professional Care Provider
Professional care provider who assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the nursing care of patients from admission through discharge. In collaboration with the patient and family, provides theory-based professional nursing care and coordinates care delivery with various members of the interdisciplinary team.
Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, safety standards, and MedStar SPIRIT Values. Collects and analyzes significant patient's information that pertains to physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic, spiritual, and life-style behaviors and efficiently leverages available technology.
Functions autonomously providing relationship-based care that promotes continuous, consistent, efficient, and accountable delivery of nursing care using the nursing process with a favorable focus on patient experience.
Incorporates evidence-based practice and research into patient care delivery with a focus on quality and safety.
Serves as a patient advocate by independently communicating clinical concerns including ethical decisions in a timely manner to other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Practices within legal boundaries of nurse practice act and possesses a theoretical understanding of the universal ethical principles. Individualizes patients plan of care focusing on short and long-range goals and effectively uses a variety of teaching resources to meet the learning needs of patients and families.
Identifies actual and potential patient safety issues and acts accordingly while incorporating HRO quality and safety principles.
Establishes priorities and delegates tasks to peers and ancillary staff as appropriate to scope of practice and unit requirements.
Follows the chain of command by consulting with other healthcare professionals and seeks assistance as needed.
Evaluates the patient's response to treatment and progress toward short and long-range goals and revises nursing interventions as appropriate.
Initiates and monitors discharge planning activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Supports and contributes to the unit, department, entity, and organizational goals inclusive of the mission, vision, and values.
Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts.
Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
Associate's degree in Nursing from an accredited academic nursing program required
Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited academic nursing program preferred
If prepared at the associate degree in nursing level required to enroll in a BSN program within 12 months of hire date and completion within 4 years of hire date.
1-2 years RN experience required

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in the state or jurisdiction of the facility seeking employment or multistate compact state or license eligible required
CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required
Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit.
C-EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring from the National Certification Corporation (NCC) is required for Perinatal nurses (labor and delivery antepartum antenatal testing) within 12 months from date of hire. New graduate nurses or new to specialty nurses (labor and delivery antepartum antenatal testing) will have 15 months from date of hire to obtain the EFM certification.
Basic computer skills required