SanAntonioTXRecruiter Since 2001
the smart solution for San Antonio jobs

Registered Nurse- Cardiac Telemetry - Sign On Bonus

Company: Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: July 21, 2021

Job Description:

Description

SHIFT: Nights (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time


Here at Methodist Healthcare, our everyday decisions are founded on compassion. Apply today and join a team that is dedicated to serving others in need.  

 
We offer you a generous benefits package including:
  • Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance
  • 401 K Retirement
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Student Loan Repayment
  • Sign-On and Relocation bonuses for qualified applicants
The Registered Nurse (RN) II is the patient and patient’s family advocate. The RN consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients. The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve quality patient outcomes. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within nursing by active engagement in unit and organizational activities. Demonstrates team work, adaptability, and is a resource person to the patient care team. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing care services delivered by self or others under their direction in accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act, hospital policies, and the Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks (Chapter 224).   Promotes a positive image of nursing and demonstrates team work and adaptability through consistently following the standards of Methodist Excellence.                                                                                            
We appreciate your time and interest! We have 28-beds on our unit, 12 private rooms and 16 semi-private rooms. Our clientele consists of patients with either medical or cardiac-related diagnoses. Since our hospital also has four inpatient behavioral health units, we medically clear 20-30% of the behavioral health population. Staffing consists of a charge nurse (out of a patient assignment), 2 patient care assistants, a secretary, and a 24 hr. telemetry monitor tech. Our primary goal is to provide exceptional care. As a team, we focus on our WHY, promising to treat all of our patients with courtesy and respect, as well as responding to our patient’s individualized needs in a timely manner. If you enjoy working with a team that works together, will keep you on your feet, engages the critical thinking process, and provides you the opportunity to practice a variety of nursing skills…WE ARE THE RIGHT UNIT FOR YOU!
 
List of common diagnoses:
  • Chest Pain (Heart Cath/Stress Test)
  • UTI
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy
  • DVT/PE
  • Sepsis
  • CHF
  • Stroke
  • TIA
  • Hyponatremia
  • Pacemaker Placement
  • Seizures
  • Dyspnea
  • Alcohol Detox (CIWA)
  • Pneumonia
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cirrhosis
  • Necrosis
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • Altered Mental Status
  • Syncope
  • Electrolyte Imbalance
  • Bradycardia/SVT
  • Kidney/Liver Disease (Acute/Chronic)
3 W TELEMETRY
Nurse/Patient Ratio  1:5
PCA/Patient Ratio: 1:15     
Level IV Trauma Hospital                                                                                                           
 Critical factors to your success include:
 
Applies nursing judgment through a thorough, systematic approach of applying the nursing process to include:
• Assessment: Conducts comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused physical, psycho- social and pain assessments; includes assessment of patient education needs.
• Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, formulates goals, teaching plans and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient goals, readiness to learn and incorporates family into the plan of care.
• Implementation: Prioritizes and implements a competent, prioritized and efficient nursing plan of care.
• Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conducts timely evaluation, anticipates and recognizes changes in patient conditions, determines when reassessments are needed and adjusts the plan of care as necessary. Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:
  • You should be a graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree nursing program. If you have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or certification in your specialty area you will be considered more highly qualified and eligible for our RN III position.
  • You should possess your RN License to practice as a professional RN in the state of Texas or an Active Multi-State RN Compact License. If you have a Compact License you will be required to obtain a Texas RN License within 90 days of hire.
  • You should have a current BLS and ACLS certification
  • You should have 6 months of clinical experience as a licensed RN in the specialty area of hire.
 Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital is licensed for 382 beds and has been nationally recognized by Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade A. It receives international acclaim for its outstanding and dynamic kidney, liver and pancreas transplant programs, setting record numbers for volume and outcomes. Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital is home to the Texas Transplant Institute, a nationally recognized center that recently performed the world’s first 16-way kidney donor exchange chain during three consecutive days at a single hospital.

Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital earned designation as a Center of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Excellence from the American Society for Bariatric Surgery in 2008. Our Sexual Assault Response Team provides a compassionate environment for sexual assault survivors ages 13 and up. This program serves as a model for hospitals and agencies all over the world. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital under Locations.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are actively interviewing so apply today!


sylvia.melancon@hcahealthcare.com recruiter


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


Notice

Our Company’s recruiters are here to help unlock the next possibility within your career and we take your candidate experience very seriously. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Gmail or Yahoo Mail. If you feel suspicious of a job posting or job-related email, let us know by clicking here.

For questions about your job application or this site please contact HCAhrAnswers at 1-844-422-5627 option 1.

Keywords: Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant, San Antonio , Registered Nurse- Cardiac Telemetry - Sign On Bonus, Other , San Antonio, Texas

Click here to apply!

Didn't find what you're looking for? Search again!

I'm looking for
in category
within


Log In or Create An Account

Forgot password?

Get the latest Texas jobs by following @recnetTX on Twitter!

San Antonio RSS job feeds